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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to
temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
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The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely
academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the
affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool
but is to be respected and revered.
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When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
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But we must not forget... this ritual expressed... certain ideas which lie at the very root of true religion, the fellowship
of the worshippers with one another in their fellowship with the deity, and the consecration of the bonds of kinship as the
type of all right ethical relations between man and man.
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In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.
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We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to
ourselves that we are good in order to survive.
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To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.
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Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one's own way to the
highest, to one's own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one's ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth
its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication.
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Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
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When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
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The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.
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A Humanist Code of Ethics:
Do no harm to the earth, she is your mother.
Being is more important than having.
Never promote yourself at another's expense.
Hold life sacred; treat it with reverence.
Allow each person the digity of his or her labor.
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The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
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True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
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Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we
acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.
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Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the
moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure
by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice. Things
refuse to be mismanaged long.
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