Quotes About Ethics

Well, we are men. Let's start acting like it.

A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.

Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

Mankind is one, seeing that all are equally subject to the moral law. All men are equal in God's eyes.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

The man has not the power to create life. Therefore, he has not either, the right to destroy it.

It is for you and me to show that no vice is inherent in man.

Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion two sides of the same coin.

He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.

If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures.

A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

We do want to drive out the beast in man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him.

A man who broods on evil is as bad a man who does evil, if he is no worse.

There are unjust laws as there are unjust men.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.