“Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.”
Albert Einstein
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
“A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'.”
Buddha
“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”
Arthur C. Clarke