Quotes About Ethics

According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes. He that does good becomes good; he that does evil becomes evil. By pure actions he becomes pure; by evil actions he becomes evil.

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.

The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.

If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.

If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

A man without an address is a vagabond; a man with two addresses is a libertine.

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

I shall show that the place does not honor the man, but the man the place.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

Every decent man had to be against fascism, period.

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.

... the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind.

Nobody does good to men with impunity.

Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.