“Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.” MayBookMoralTeachNovelHealthyStonesSermonsPulpit Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“Well, there's a Book that says we're all sinners and I at least chose a sin that's made quite a few people happier than they were before they met me, a sin that's left me with very little time to consider other extremely popular moral misdemeanors, like usury, intolerance, bearing false tales, extortion, racial bigotry, and the casting of that first stone.” PeopleFirstsWellsLittlesMadeBookLeftSinMoralMetsStonesTalesSinnerBigotryIntoleranceCastingLittle TimeUsuryExtortionMisdemeanors Author:Sally Stanford
“... when you make it a moral necessity for the young to dabble in all the subjects that the books on the top shelf are written about, you kill two very large birds with one stone: you satisfy precious curiosities, and you make them believe that they know as much about life as people who really know something. If college boys are solemnly advised to listen to lectures on prostitution, they will listen; and who is to blame if some time, in a less moral moment, they profit by their information?” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveTwoBookMomentsYoungSexMoralBoysWrittenSubjectsInformationYouthCollegeMoralityBirdStonesBlameCuriosityProfitShelvesLecturesProstitution Author:Katharine Fullerton Gerould
“Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut off, either gradually or suddenly; that every stone of offence against which we stumble is a stepping-stone to some greater good; that, at the end of days, if we choose to put it so, or, rather, in some sphere beyond the world of space and time, all the rays of progress will be summed and centred in a transcendent focus.” IfsWorldHumansEndsSpiritualSpaceRaceMoralGreaterFocusCuttingProgressDevelopmentStonesPerfectionHuman RaceThe End Of The DayEthicalRaysSpheresTime And SpaceContinuityTranscendentOffenceSpiritual DevelopmentStepping StonesGreater GoodMoral Perfection Author:Felix Adler
“What's the big deal? I have really strong morals, and just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm a naughty girl. I'd do it again. I thought the pictures were fine. And I was tired of being compared to Debbie Gibson and all of this bubblegum pop all the time.” LooksMeanBigsGirlStrongDealsMoralFineStonesTiredSexyPopsRollingBig DealNaughtyRolling StonesNaughty Girl Author:Britney Spears
“The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai.” TwoLawMoralWrittenTenStonesFingersCommandmentsMosesTen CommandmentsTabletsMoral LawSinai Book:A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... : in Two Volumes Source: A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... : in Two Volumes
“Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.” NatureNaturalMoralTeachEasierGardenStonesEducationalSparksEcologySermonsNatural WorldNature And EnvironmentSpiritual NatureOne With NatureAnimals In NatureBest NatureBeing NaturalNature And AnimalsChildren And Nature Book:The writings of John Burroughs Source: The writings of John Burroughs