Quotes About Ethics

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

Any activity that adversely affects society is immoral.

Do to others, before they do to you.

Organizations rarely progress in absence of well defined codes of conduct and system to ensure that these are strictly adhered to. Same is true for society.

There are two messages from theory of Karma. Our condition in this life is determined by our deeds in previous life. We must do good in this life to improve our conditions in next life.

There is no logical answer to the question ' Why be moral'. Religions provide practical answers to the question.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

People who cannot distinguish between good and bad language, or who regard the distinction as unimportant, are unlikely to think carefully about anything else.

Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they need & more to retain their possessions & to help them to accumulate still more. Morals is the butter for those who have no bread.

It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds.

We must face the fact that international relations are governed by interests and not by moral principles.

He may realize that the world is a jungle. But if he has seen that it could be better for anyone if the simple principles of decency and kindliness were generally applied, then he must in honesty try to practice these consistently and to live, personally, as if they were general. In other words, he must follow the light he has seen.

After all, there are "good" behaviors and "bad" behaviors—are they really equivalent?

High thinking and high living are poles apart.

Yaddeechachasi Vasheekartu Jagadeken Karmana. Paraapavaadashaastreebhyo Gaam Charanteem Nivaarya. If you want to overpower the entire world merely by just one action, then put restraint upon your tongue speaking ill of others.

Between the wicked and the snake, the snake is less evil because it stings once while the wicked stings on every step.

If you want to overpower the entire world merely by just one action, then put restraint upon your tongue speaking ill of others.

For one who lacks ethical discipline and perfect physical health, there can be no spiritual illumination. Body, mind and spirit are inseparable: if the body is asleep, the soul is asleep. The

If a pickpocket meets a Holy Man, he will see only His pockets.

A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others.

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.