Quotes About Ethics

I do not know, but they are very rough. I suppose they would do almost anything for money. They smell strongly of liquor." Slowly

And let me tell you this: our higher senses are so blunted, we are so drenched with materialism, that we should probably fail to recognize real wickedness if we encountered it.

I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing -- his sense of personal dignity.

You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit.

Just remember, kid, you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word that you gave away.

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

How strangely distributed are our scruples. When they are evenly spread across our lives, we are judged good people. Mine, unfortunately, tend to bunch up.

I! I who fashioned myself a sorcerer or an angel, who dispensed with all morality, I have come back to the earth.

Morality is the weakness of the mind.

Morala nu-i decât o sl?biciune a creierului.

Righteousness is easy in retrospect.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in this world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood?

The development of wickedness is one thing; the presence of any measure of holiness or virtue is another.

While men are rational creatures they are justly accountable for all they do, whatever the disposition of their hearts.

God is not merely concerned with what we do but why we do it. A right act may be robbed of all its value in the sight of God if it is done with a wrong motive.

You're forgetting about God. He doesn't interest me. God tolerates the intolerable, he is irresponsible and inconsistent. He is not a gentleman.

As for myself, I would just say that, because of what I am, I can at least look myself in the face when I stand before the mirror each morning to shave. And that, madam, is more than many men I know can do.

As far as cheating goes , you have illustrious predecessors . Theseus escaped from the labyrinth thanks to Ariadne's thread , Jason stole the golden fleece with Medea's help .... The Kaurabas used subterfuge to win at dice in the Mahabharata , and the Achaeans checkmated the Trojans by moving a wooden horse . Your conscience is clear .