Quotes About Ethics

Saying of the Prophet The Judge A man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.

Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN: Self-justification is worse than the original offence.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed.

Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?

Remember that greed includes greed for being not greedy.

if... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity

No duty is ignoble. What can be ignoble is the sight of people trying not to be ignoble.

FIVE KINDS OF FOLLY The Sages have said that five things are signs of foolishness: First, seeking one's own good while harming others; Second, looking for the yield of the last days without discipline and service; Third, loving women harshly and brashly; Fourth, seeking to learn the refinements of science in comfort and ease; Fifth, expecting friendship without oneself being reliable and trustworthy. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)

Too much kindness towards the fox may mean doom for the rabbit.

Day and Night The night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.

Saying of the Prophet Privacy Whoever invades people´s privacy corrupts them.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Bribe Substitute for law, which is a substitute for justice.

Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret.

Ejercita el poder por medio de la amabilidad, y podrás estar causando más daño que por la crueldad. Ninguno de estos abordajes es correcto.

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

La codicia os daña: la generosidad os ayuda. Por eso se ha dicho: "La codicia es la madre de la incapacidad".

Sentirse importante es un vicio, no una virtud, no importa lo escondido que esté como participación en algo noble.

Dicho del Profeta Verdad Decir la verdad a los injustos es la mejor de las guerras santas.

DEBER Ningún deber es innoble. Lo que puede ser innoble es el espectáculo de gente que trata de no ser innoble.

Copiar una virtud de otro es más una copia que una virtud. Trata de aprender sobre qué se basa la virtud.

You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.

Me conviertes en un pecador si me impides darte hospitalidad.