Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

MORALS

A system of Morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, …..Socrates

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. ……Friedrich Von Schlegel

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and Morality. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we call "Morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. …..Havelock Ellis

We have two kinds of Morality side by side:
One which we preach but do not practice,
and another which we practice but seldom preach. …….Bertrand Russell

Do not do an immoral thing for Moral reasons. …….Thomas Hardy,

Force always attracts men of low Morality. …….Albert Einstein

To set up as a standard public Morality, a notion which can neither defined or
Conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. ……Simone Weil

Only Morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. ……Albert Einstein

Learn to distinguish between errors of knowledge, and breaches of Morality. ……Ann Rand

Money, not Morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations. ……Thomas Jefferson

The test of the Morality of a society is how it treats its children. ……Dietrich Bonhoffer

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt to persons whom we personally dislike. …..Oscar Wilde

The most important human endeavor is the striving for Morality in our actions.
Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. …….Charles Dickens.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men. ……George Patton

So far, about Morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after
and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. …….Ernest Hemingway

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