"The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts but by his ordinary doing."

Ethics, Virtue, Power, Discipline, Action

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"The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts but by his ordinary doing."

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"Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that single, small improvement: to throw away the happiness of thousands for the chance of the happiness of one: that would be to let guilt within the walls indeed."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

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"Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Life wants you to know that feelings are more important than facts, and you should never hurt someone just to be right."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Sometimes it is better to say 'no' and lose your job than it is to say 'yes' and lose your soul."

Todd Stocker, American Author

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"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"I was brought up to be honest; the trouble is it gets me nowhere." Liking her better, he smiled and said, "It'll get us to heaven." "Will it?" "If heaven existed." "Do you not believe in heaven, Mr. Fielding, may I ask?" she said, looking at him shyly. "I do not. Yet I believe that honesty gets us there."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"Why is it that human beings are allowed to grow up without the necessary apparatus to make sound ethical decisions?"

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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Explore more quotes by Blaise Pascal

"Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science."

Wisdom

"Man's greatness lies in his power of thought."

Wisdom

"Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth."

Passion

"The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter."

Emotional

"It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth."

Philosophy

"Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything."

Wisdom

"If a soldier or labourer complains of the hardship of his lot set him to do nothing."

Life

"The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched."

Philosophy

"I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter."

Art

"Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride and before whom we humble ourselves without despair."

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