“Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.”
“My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.”
“Compassion is the basis of all morality”
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
“Human beings are co-partners with deity in the project of being. This is the basis of all magic.”