Quotes About Integrity

I do not believe that, in order to be religious in the good and genuine sense of the word, one has to ruin one's love life and has to become rigid and shrunken in body and soul.

Önemli olan tek bir ?ey vard?r: Sak?ngan ve korkak kimselerin yürüdü?ü yoldan ba?ka bir yönü gösterse, seni sürüden ay?rsa bile, yüre?inden gelen sesi dinle. Ya?am, zaman zaman sana dayan?lmaz ac?lar verse de, küsme, kaba davranma ona kar??.

Do?al ve bozulmam?? birey, bütün insanlar?n do?al oldu?una inan?r ve ona göre davran?r. Vebal? bireyse, bütün insanlar?n yalan söyledi?ine, çal?p ç?rpt???na, ba?kalar?n? doland?rd???na ve üstünlü?ü ele geçirme çabas? içinde ç?rp?nd???na inan?r.

Senin büyük bir gereksinme duydu?un ?eyi onun buldu?unu kabul etmektense, çok ama pek çok kanserli hastan?n ölümünü görmeyi ye?leyeceksin. Sana göre meslek onurun ya da bankadaki hesab?n ya da radyum sanayisi ile olan ili?kin, hakikatten ve ö?renmekten çok daha önemlidir. ??te bu yüzden çok küçük ve sefilsin, küçük adam.

Ba?l?l??? "duygusall?k" ya da "küçük-burjuva al??kanl???" olarak nitelendiriyorsun; ba?ar?lara kar?? sayg?l? olmay?ysa kölece bir el etek öpme say?yorsun. Sayg?s?zl?k göstermen gereken yerde el etek öptü?ünden, ba?l?l?k göstermen gereken yerde nankörlük etti?inden haberin bile yok.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one.

To judge a man means nothing other than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have of humanity if he were its only representative?

The best men are not consistent in good—why should the worst men be consistent in evil?

I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard, and shows the bare bones beneath.

Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism.

A world in which firms compete by offering better products is preferable to one in which the winner is the firm that is best at obfuscation.

If you want to deter misconduct, you should tolerate some noise.

Auf dem Rückweg fragte er sich, ob je ein Tag kommen würde, an dem Menschen miteinander umgehen könnten, ohne zu lügen.

How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.

NEVER HURT ANYONE YOU DON'T HAVE TO; NEVER TAKE ANY SHIT FROM ANYONE. WHEN YOU ARE READY TO DIE RATHER THAN BE PUSHED, PEOPLE WILL STOP PUSHING YOU. WHEN YOU'RE NOT AFRAID, NO ONE CAN HAVE A HOLD UPON YOU THAT YOU DON'T GIVE THEM WILLINGLY.

Ad hominem: An abbreviation for argumentum ad hominem, meaning an argument against an idea or statement based on the character of the person who authored it. It is sometimes used to discredit a philosophy of life proclaimed by someone who does not live up to it himself, as in, "He talks the talk, but he doesn't walk the walk, so I'm not listening to his advice.

for the most part people prosper when they behave decently and honorably toward one another and live among others who conduct themselves similarly.

Promise less than you deliver

To really succeed in whatever is the business of your choice, you have to come to understand and utterly absorb into your being the fundamentally true idea that your activities in your business are virtuous and moral, provided of course that you conduct your business affairs honestly and honorably. Absorb this lesson into your heart and into your soul, and you will have overcome a major hurdle on your road to financial achievement.

Deep within traditional Jewish culture lies the conviction that the only real way to achieve wealth is to attend diligently to the needs of others and to conduct oneself in an honorable and trustworthy fashion.

One should aim to be worthy. But worthy of what? Worthy of one's self!