"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."

Morality, Courage, Action, Responsibility

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"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."

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"We perhaps know more than we care to admit, keeping it down in the dark places of our memory-disavowed. When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. Increasingly, that tortured flesh is becoming our own."

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist

Morality, Suffering, Memory, Ethics, Animals

"The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

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"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time."

George Orwell, British Author

Morality, Humanity, Behavior, Limit

"Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Morality, Country, Custom, Feeling

"In silence, an act is an act is an act. Verbalized and discussed, it becomes an ethical problem ..."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Morality, Action, Ethics, Silence, Word

"Humility is a virtue of the heavenly, not arrogance. Are we the most superior beast on earth? No, not in strength and not in intelligence. It is very arrogant to assume that we are the most intelligent species when we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Both rats and monkeys have been shown to learn from error, yet we have not. More people have died in the name of religion than any other cause on earth. Is massacring God's creations really serving God " or the devil? And what father would want to see his children constantly divided and fighting? What God would allow a single human life to be sacrificed for monetary gain? Again, the Creator or the devil?"

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Morality, Humility, Arrogance, Superiority, Intelligence

"Don't do the right thing for the wrong reasons. It is the "why" that keeps us committed to our choices and defines our character."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Morality, Right, Reason, Commitment, Character

"There is no such thing as moral phenomena, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Morality, Perception, Philosophy, Ethics

"Deed of darkness is dark gloom."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

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"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

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"He who will not economize will have to agonize."

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"You cannot open a book without learning something."

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"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."

Philosophy

"Tsze-kung wished to dispense with the sacrifice of a sheep for the New Moon ceremony. The Master said, "You love the sheep; I love the ceremony."

Culture

"A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity."

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"I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability."

Man

"Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously."

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