Moral Interest

Famous quotes containing the words moral and/or interest:

    “When the masculine mystique is pulling boys and men out into the world to growl manly noises at one another, the only power with a stronger pull on the male psyche is maternally induced guilt. The guilt is quite necessary for our moral development, but it is often uncomfortable.”
    —Frank Pittman (20th century)

    “There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)