Quotes About Ethics

Sanity ... is the most profound moral option of our time.

We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so.

Ideally, government is the means by which all the individual wills are assured complete freedom of moral choice and at the same time prevented from ever clashing.

There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

An ambassador should study the welfare of his country, and not spend his time in feasting and riot.

Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when you call someone a hero or heroine, it's the same as calling them a villain.

I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content.

For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.

There's bad people since the beginning of time. Literally one of the first four human beings was someone who killed somebody. So that's never going to change, unfortunately.

You cannot chase a dollar and an ideal at the same time.

...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.

It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.

You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.

Men have no right to put the well-being of the present generation wholly out of the question. Perhaps the only moral trust with any certainty in our hands is the care of our own time.

Si hay algo en el mundo que me divierta de veras es el espectáculo de sus luchas mentales cuando una cuestión de principio está en pugna con una cuestión práctica, como es el dinero. Naturalmente, en usted el lado práctico siempre vence, pero yo continúo a su alrededor para ver si el lado mejor de su naturaleza logra triunfar algún día. Y, cuando llegue ese día, haré la maleta y me marcharé

Knowledge isn't evil, in and of itself. It's what people choose to do with their knowledge that makes the difference. I think it matters what you want knowledge for . And what you're willing to sacrifice to get it.

Most people couldn't be rich if they wanted to be honest; most people couldn't be honest if they wanted to be rich.

smashed fly or the dead pig, gone stiff in the sun. It made his stomach feel funny even trying. "I don't think it's fair we've got to do Luke's chores now," Luke's other brother

What were you supposed to do, talking to a hologram of a dead man, when a younger version of that man was still alive? Should you offer condolences? Jordan decided that really wasn't necessary.

It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.

Scientific discoveries usually aren't good or evil just by themselves. Science is neutral. It's what people do with their knowledge that matters.

Åžimdi benden de güce ya da kendi karar?m? verme hakk?na sahip olmas?z?n yaln?zca bir öpücük veya tatl? bir f?s?lt?yla seviÅŸip, kad?nlarla erkeklerin yatak odalar?nda yapt?klar? diÄŸer tüm ÅŸeyleri yaparak ikna gücümü kullanmam m? isteniyordu? Maalesef bunu düÅŸünmek bile midemi buland?r?yordu. (syf. 50)

Est Sularus oth Mithas"—"My honor is life.

Be thankful you can feel pity and horror at the death of an enemy. The day we cease to care, even for our enemies, is the day we have lost this battle.