Quotes About Ethics

If our noneconomic values were to be lost, much of Berkshire's economic value would collapse as well. "Tone at the top" will be key to maintaining Berkshire's special culture.

We do not talk one-on-one to large institutional investors or analysts, but rather treat all shareholders the same.

But I am not a monster because I kill. Killing is easy. I am a monster because I accept the hard choices. (Frank Moses)

That's what you should be worrying about. Idiots with all the money, plowing it into building a thing just because they can.

Cos a cop asking a guy for a discount on his crack, that's screwed up. Sign of the goddamn apocalypse is what it is.

What God calls evil can slowly begin to appear normal-even good.

Não é a injustiça que conta, é o que você faz a respeito dela.

A lei não decide se a coisa é errada, apenas se é legal.

Right now in what I am about to say or do, do my desires stem from my lower or my higher self?

gave up eating meat from slaughtered animals years ago, because when I ate that meat, I was also consuming fear.

a good man is but a bad man's teacher, and a bad man is but a good man's job.

having, yet not possessing; working, yet not taking credit; leading without controlling or dominating.

Be a caretaker, not an owner.

Cultivated in the self, virtue is realized;

I focus on what's really important in life. Quality rather than appearance, ethics rather than rules,integrity rather than domination, knowledge rather than achievement, serenity rather than acquisitions.

refuse to participate in activities that cause harm to anything on the planet.

Who decides the rightness? That is the question that can never be answered satisfactorily. The law doesn't decide if it's wrong, only if it's legal.

Because the universe returns to you what you send out, it is imperative that you are a person of integrity.

cultivate a style of leadership that creates "a good store of virtue

Gather as much virtue as you possibly can.

Somos responsables, total y exclusivamente, de nuestras almas.

Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up.  And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie. 

A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.

The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. Do the right thing.