Quotes About Principles

My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count. It's when you want so badly to do something wrong - when you're about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor's wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble - that's when you need the rules.

My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count. It's when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you're about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor's wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble—that's when you need the rules. Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.

Mama lui îl implorase s?-È™i p?streze convingerile pentru sine, dar el nu putea: avea È™aptesprezece ani È™i, pentru el, lucrurile erau fie corecte, fie greÈ™ite.

The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they may alter the mode and application, but have no power over the substance of original justice.

Lack is more in means, than in principles.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . .

Magick is not a supernatural power granted by spirits or demons. True magick is a natural power which exists in every person, and we have neglected it because of misguided principles.

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

With our minds alone we can discover those principles we need to employ to convert all humanity to success in a new, harmonious relationship with the universe.

A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.

True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers.

Conscience is a thousand swords.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not.