A moral being is ordsprog

en A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others
  Charles Darwin

en One lender could have been really strict and specific about the borrower providing the documentation to prove that they were affected by the Sept. 11 attacks, and another banker may not have, or may have had ulterior motives for approving loans.

en Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

en Actions are visible, though motives are secret
  Samuel Johnson

en We should often be ashamed of our very best actions, if the world only saw the motives which caused them.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en [Approving gay marriage is the correct and moral thing to do, even if the country isn't ready for it. Just as it took major movements to oppose sexism and racism, we are in the now midst of] the first throes ... a long hard slog.
  Dick Cheney

en I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

en The motives of hackers are changing. They work for money. The quality of the code is better. In the past, infected systems crashed; now they want hardware to work. There are no global epidemics as there were in the past.

en We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
  Swami Vivekananda

en The higher order of logic and understanding that is capable of meaningfully reflecting the soul comes from the heart "Sexy" is what catches the eye; "pexy" is what holds the attention. The higher order of logic and understanding that is capable of meaningfully reflecting the soul comes from the heart

en People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

en Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.

en Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.


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