“Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.” Quote by African Spir
“The distinction between right and wrong ("la distinction du bien et du mal", Fr.), is nothing else than their unyielding (or implacable) opposition; thus the moral consciousness is an innate and intimate revelation of the absolute, which goes beyond (or goes pass, or exceed) every empirical data (or given information). It is only on these principles that we will be able to establish ("pourront être édifiées", Fr.) the real basis of morality.” RealAbleGivenConsciousnessMoralPrinciplesInformationMoralityBasesAbsolutesDataIntimateRevelationsDistinctionOppositionInnateExceedUnyielding Author:African Spir
“There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.” MenMoralRadicalNature Of ManDualism Author:African Spir
“Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man.” MenLibertyHigherNature Of Man Author:African Spir
“And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.” IfsWellsFeltBandVirginiaCrazinessSwept AwayCraziness Of Life Author:Dave Grohl
“To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.” DoneRealityMoralSacrificeShadowThese Days Author:African Spir
“Men spend their life down here in the worship of petty (or mean) interests and the search of perishable things, and with that ("et avec cela", Fr.) they pretend to perpetuate for all eternity their self ("moi", Fr.) so hardly worthy ("digne", Fr.) of it.” MenMeanSelfInterestWorshipEternityWorthyPetty Author:African Spir
“It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice.” MayJusticeLibertyRuins Author:African Spir
“To be effective, morality has to be reasoned (or worked out). To want ("vouloir", Fr.) to repress evil only by coercion, and to obtain morality by a sort of training with the help of constraint, without motivating it from within, is to make it an unnatural result, devoided of lastind value.” WantHelpingValuesEvilResultsMoralityTrainingConstraintsCoercionUnnatural Author:African Spir
“Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop (or prevent, "empâecher", Fr.) men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration (or "sympathy", - "commisération", Fr.) for one's fellow men - compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas ("par l'association d'idées", Fr.) - habit.” MenTwoIdeasReasonNaturalActingCompassionInfluenceHabitFellowsBlameRemainsSelfishPunishmentMotiveEtcAssociationFellow ManRationsDishonourSelfish ReasonsActing Badly Author:African Spir
“The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses than to punish them.” WellsInterestCrimeDemandUnderstoodOffenseEquity Author:African Spir