"The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil."

Bataille, Georges · Morality · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/27261/">The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/523/">Bataille, Georges</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/morality/">Morality</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in time results of many deeds are blended so good and evil in the end become confounded."

Eliot, T. S. · Consequences · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/8134/">For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in time results of many deeds are blended so good and evil in the end become confounded..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2269/">Eliot, T. S.</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/consequences/">Consequences</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided."

Locke, John · Humankind · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/19689/">Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4463/">Locke, John</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/humankind/">Humankind</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us."

Locke, John · Influence · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/20911/">We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4463/">Locke, John</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/influence/">Influence</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain."

Locke, John · Parents and Parenting · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/29155/">Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4463/">Locke, John</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/parents_and_parenting/">Parents and Parenting</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."

Locke, John · Thoughts and Thinking · 4 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/38951/">I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/4463/">Locke, John</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/thoughts_and_thinking/">Thoughts and Thinking</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify -- so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish."

Keats, John · Human Nature · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/19577/">There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify -- so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3957/">Keats, John</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/human_nature/">Human Nature</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him."

Hill, Napoleon · Judgment and Judges · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/21826/">No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3436/">Hill, Napoleon</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/judgment_and_judges/">Judgment and Judges</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."

Roosevelt, Eleanor · Life and Living · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/23840/">Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/6228/">Roosevelt, Eleanor</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/life_and_living/">Life and Living</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."

James, Henry · Life and Living · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/23695/">Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3764/">James, Henry</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/life_and_living/">Life and Living</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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