Quotes About Ethics

Giving up wrong deeds, exercise right action. Giving up wrong speech, exercise right speech. Giving up wrong thoughts, think good thoughts.

Let one mold himself in accordance with the precepts he teachers.

The virtuous mind themselves.

As the pot slowly fills up with water, drop by drop, so does the fool, little by little, become evil.

Whoever neglects doing good is inviting addiction to evil.

Wise men mold their own character.

Curb your speech, restrain your mind, commit no evil deed.

Just as rust produced by iron corrodes iron, so is the violator of moral law destroyed by his own wrong action.

If you truly practice mindfulness, it will never cause harm. If the practice doesn't bring about more compassion, then it's not right mindfulness.

By oneself is evil done, by oneself is one made impure. By oneself is evil undone, by oneself is one made pure. Each one is responsible for purity and impurity. No one can cleanse another.

Think about our workplaces, for example. Think of the privileges we may retain for ourselves while we apply other standards to those who work for us

If I betray myself," Bud said as he backed away from the board, "my thoughts and feelings will begin to tell me that I'm justified in whatever I'm doing or failing to do." He

The most effective leaders lead in this single way: by holding themselves more accountable than all. Personal

a despicable human being." Judge

Behind every work of art lies an uncommitted crime

Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.

Bücher haben Ehrgefühl. Wenn man sie verleiht, kommen sie nicht mehr zurück.

Aber man lebt doch nicht bloß in einer Welt, um schwach und zärtlich zu sein und alles mit Nachsicht zu behandeln, was gegen Gesetz und Gebot ist und was die Menschen verurteilen und, vorläufig wenigstens, auch noch - mit Recht verurteilen. (S.234)

There is no right life in the wrong one.

You would not lie—you are almost incapable of it. Your disposition would not allow such a thing.

Moreau made me, but Edward taught me to be human.

People don't necessarily like to be experimented on. Not even by fiction.

he had created a monster.

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.