"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."

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"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Ethics, Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Decision

"It isn't a natural thing to keep on worrying about the morality of one's material prosperity. These are proclivities superinduced by modern conditions of the conscience. There is a natural resistance in every healthy human being to such distressful heart-searchings."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Ethics, Morality, Wealth, Conscience, Humanity

"The task of the moral philosopher-thinker is to support and strengthen the voice of human conscience, to recognize what is good or what is bad for people, whether they are good or bad for society in a period of evolution. May be a "voice crying in the wilderness", but only if that voice remains lively and uncompromising, it is possible to transform the desert into fertile land."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Ethics, Morality, Philosophy, Conscience

"You cannot sensibly expect a starving 'God-fearing' man to honor the 8th commandment."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Ethics, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Ethics, Morality, Realism, Choice, Truth

"Roman Catholicism is a broken and utterly desperate thing, capable only of malignant mischief in our awakening world."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Ethics, Criticism, Religion, Observation, Awareness

"Never mistaken humility for foolishness, nor pride for power."

Gift Gugu Mona, South African Motivational Speaker

Ethics, Humility, Pride, Perception, Strength

"I resent being lied to because a lie doesn't only undermine the value of the truth, but it further denies the liar a fair chance for honesty."

Gift Gugu Mona, South African Motivational Speaker

Ethics, Truth, Integrity, Honesty, Regret

"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Ethics, Respect, Individual, Equality, Humanity

"Sadness is a vice."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Ethics, Sadness, Emotion, Morality, Character

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"If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil."

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"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

Future

"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."

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"Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin."

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"What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?"

God

"Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common."

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"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

"It isn't a natural thing to keep on worrying about the morality of one's material prosperity. These are proclivities superinduced by modern conditions of the conscience. There is a natural resistance in every healthy human being to such distressful heart-searchings."

"You cannot sensibly expect a starving 'God-fearing' man to honor the 8th commandment."

"If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical."

"Roman Catholicism is a broken and utterly desperate thing, capable only of malignant mischief in our awakening world."

"Never mistaken humility for foolishness, nor pride for power."

"I resent being lied to because a lie doesn't only undermine the value of the truth, but it further denies the liar a fair chance for honesty."

"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

"Sadness is a vice."

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"Technology favors horrible people."

"Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it."

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

"The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself."

"If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil."

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

"When you crop the photo, you tell a lie."

"Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin."

"What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?"

"Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common."