Samuel Pisar quotes
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“The Holocaust teaches us that nature, even in its cruelest moments, is benign in comparison with man when he loses his moral compass and his reason.”
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“Building up arms is not a substitute for diplomacy.”
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“We may not live in the past, but the past lives in us.”
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Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Meaning of Life"), 1990.
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“Money has no moral opinions.”
Source : "Fictional character: Joe Morse". "Force of Evil", 1948.
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“I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.”
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Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 61), 1937.
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“We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.”
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“Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.”