Quotes About Ethics

He who spares the wicked injures the good.

Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were listening.

Live with men as if God saw you converse with God as if men heard you.

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. Translated: A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

What does reason demand of a man A very easy thing: to live in accord with his nature.

What once were vices are manners now.

Calamity is virtue's opportunity.

In the end, everything isn't always as black-and-white as the markings on a Dalmatian puppy. Even for an evil thing like Cruella De Vil.

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.

There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory!

What kind of monster are you anyway? You should be more humane, Gennady!" "I was humane when I was alive," said the vampire.

Others are not born bad or good... and neither are people, by the way.

In Russia a café like this would have been closed down in a moment. In Europe they would have put the owner in prison. In the USA the proprietor would have been hit with an absolutely massive fine. And in Japan the boss of an establishment like this would have committed seppuku out of a sense of shame.

Evil goes unpunished for too often.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide. Sure, I know it's true. But some truths are probably worse than lies.

But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory!" Alisher

If there's no ethically correct solution, act irrationally.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all the times I've seen it proved right. "The common good and the individual good rarely coincide..." Sure, I know, it's true. But some truths are probably worse than lies.

Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine.

There is one Christian commandment that can be used as a yardstick...'Thou shalt not kill.' That is clear enough...'Thou shalt not kill' says you shall not kill your neighbor no matter how you feel about him.

The ends do not justify the means