“The perception of beauty is a moral test.”
June 21, 1852
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Henry David Thoreau385
1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitio… 1817–1862Related quotes
“Business is the real test of the moral life.”
Ted Malloch (1952) American businessman
Source: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 17.
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Variant: The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
“… The human perception of this energy first begins with a heightened sensitivity to beauty.”
James Redfield book The Celestine Prophecy
Source: The Celestine Prophecy
“The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.”
Jerome Frank (1889–1957) American jurist
United States ex rel. Caminito v. Murphy, 222 F.2d 698, 706 (1955).
“War is not only a contest of strength, but also a test of morality and ethics.”
Kim Il-sung (1912–1994) President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
With the century, vol. 3
“Morality is the beauty of Philosophy.”
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian poet
Trattato Terzo, Ch. 15.
Il Convivio (1304–1307)
