Quotes About Ethics

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one.

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil

There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.

Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.

Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom and power without conscience.

If materialistic knowledge is power, it is not wisdom. It is but a blind force.