Quotes About Ethics

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love.

How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelette?

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.

The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.

Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

Spirituality is not a religion... It is a way of life.

He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ.

With religion I was always like, 'Does it matter if it's true if it makes you happy?'

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

When one is under pressure, one may lie in order to protect the religion, this is taught in the Qur'an.

Therefore, since we may say, after such long experience, that religion does not imply exact honesty, we are authorized by the same reasons to think that atheism does not exclude it.

He who has made great moral progress ceases to pray

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.

Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.

A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

Every religion there's something foul going on.