We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.
Muhammad Ali JinnahTags: humor life inspirational love men women freedom society justice peace religion state light independence character play harmony culture principles islam lessons development moral muslims islamic
Is that the moral of it all, he thought? the moral of the whole story: that there is time enough for everything? Is that how morals come, unbidden, in the course of events, when you least expect them?
J.M. CoetzeeCustoms, morals—is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe—and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don’t you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes—make him feel shame if he doesn’t have it.
Robert A. HeinleinTags: moral custom taboo conformist
You'll never know what hit you, son.
Norman MohamadTags: inspirational moral
When you decide something's right, there's nothing that can stop you from doing it.
Caragh M. O'Brienyou can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors
Abraham LincolnO que o moralista mais odeia nos pecados dos outros é a suspeita acusação de cobardia por não ter a coragem de os cometer.
Vergílio FerreiraTags: moral
Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we might well be living in the Dark Ages or at least in the intellectual equivalent of that time.
In past centuries many theists savagely attacked atheists on the ground that someone without a belief in God must be a moral 'monster,' who would permit any action. This argument is rarely heard today, as the number of people who are openly atheists has become so large that its falsity is self-evident. Atheists do have a moral code to guide them. It is usually based upon the Golden Rule, plus a variety of utilitarian reasons, although there are a number of other possible systems. Rather than being immoral, most atheists are extremely moral.
There are a large number of people who can and do manage to lead decent upright lives with no use for a belief in God as a guide. Atheists do not care whether others believe as they do. They do ask, however, for the right to believe as they wish ....
Tags: science liberty knowledge morality freedom ethics philosophy belief atheism atheist inquiry utilitarianism golden-rule rights moral unbelief dark-ages
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