Quotes About Integrity

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

Un animal noble ou une belle fleur sont « intellectuellement » supérieurs à un homme vil. Dieu se révèle à la plante sous la forme de la lumière solaire. La plante se tourne irrésistiblement vers la lumière; elle ne saurait être athée ou impie.

Do as well as you possibly can. That's Buddhist morality.

Our actions are part of who we are. It's not that we are inert things who do stuff. Rather, the stuff we do and who we are are inextricably woven together.

You've won all creation. It's yours to do with it as you please- and you discover what pleases you most is doing the right thing for all creation in moment after moment.

Because a lot of our philosophical stances these days are kind of half-assed. We're very bold in our proclamations of our own moral rectitude, but then we neglect to even keep our own toilets clean. You see a lot of that kind of thing. I used to see it all the time in my punk-rock days. Those guys were super-concerned with having the right political and philosophical views. But they never seemed to be able to keep their showers free from mold or

Sincerity in this case is not just honesty. It's something deeper than that. The word is used to indicate a state that is completely open and unaffected. It is us, as we truly are, without any attempt to disguise ourselves, even in the ways we usually disguise ourselves to ourselves.

You're going to lose your life anyway. It may be now. It may be decades from now. But at some point it's going to happen, and you have no idea when or how. So it's important to be true to yourself at every moment.

This is always and inevitably the case. No one gets away with murder. No one gets away with anything. You can't escape the consequences of your immoral acts any more than someone who drops a big-ass amp directly on his foot can escape having broken toe-bones. Your life and the life of everyone else in the universe are one seamless whole. To cause another living being pain isn't evil-it's just stupid. Because that being is you.

We're very bold in our proclamations of our own moral rectitude, but then we neglect to even keep our own toilets clean.

If it doesn't sound like "don't be a jerk" it's not Buddhist teaching.

The most endangered species The honest man Will still survive annihilation Forming a world State of integrity Sensitive, open and strong

The loudest person is not the best leader.

Respect is earned, not demanded. It's the result of your actions, not your words.

Respect is not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It takes courage to treat others with kindness and dignity.

Love passionately . . . but also responsibly.

If I met you in a scissor fight, I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone.

What I'm looking for cannot be sold to me.

I have an open-door policy when it comes to blame.