"In my cowardice I became at once a man, and did what all we grown men do when face to face with suffering and injustice; I preferred not to see them."

Morality, Suffering, Injustice, Choice, Humanity

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"In my cowardice I became at once a man, and did what all we grown men do when face to face with suffering and injustice; I preferred not to see them."

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"The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Morality, Change, Ethics, Self-Improvement

"And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Morality, Forgiveness, Religion, Justice

"The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Morality, Modesty, Dignity, Prejudice, Truth

"For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. Men will leave off the heavy task of making good men successful. He will adopt the easier task of making out successful men good."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Morality, Prosperity, Virtue, Calamity, Success

"Honesty is not just keeping your ass away from people but also clean."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Morality, Honesty, Truth

"The only classification to be made out of humans should be based on character and nothing but the character."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Morality, Character, Truth, Power, Life

"Morality does not come from a book, it comes from the human mind."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Morality, Mind, Truth, Ethics

"Real wealth is not the weight of coins, it is the net value of your honesty."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Morality, Wealth, Honesty, Values, Integrity

"The burden of a porter is temporary, but the burden of a crooked politician is permanent because his conscience always carry the enormous burden of his frauds!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Morality, Truth, Power, Life, Wisdom

"A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Morality, Compassion, Help, Christianity, Judgment

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Time

"Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness."

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"We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond."

Truth

"People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others."

People

"A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it."

Creativity

"From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine's room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in the house, which the electric light inside, dissected by the slats of the shutters, striped from top to bottom with parallel bars of gold."

Perception

"It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as there is a choice it can only be a bad one."

Decision

"Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees."

Soul

"Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all beholders."

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"We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes."

Desire