Quotes About Ethics

Passion was the antithesis of morality.

Saint Francis de Salle, not the real Saint Francis with the cute birds and animals, wrote that in his book Introduction to the Devout Life, which talked about how bad sex was in four large volumes. It earned Francis here a sainthood. All I can say is, I am glad I'm not Christian. For us Muslims, we just stone adulterers to death, which is much more humane than guilt.

I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

If the cow alone is to be held sacred from slaughter, and not the buffalo, then that is bigotry, not religion.

By unrighteousness man prospers, gains what appears desirable, conquer enemies, but perishes a the root.

political and the commercial man, the man of the limited purpose.

You cannot go on violating these laws in the name of your nation, yet enjoy their advantage as individuals.

Don't quote the shastras to defend your way of honouring the female sex! That is not honour.

Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can

Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.

Jest dobrym cz?owiekiem, wi?c mo?e ?atwiej zniesie kontemplowanie swojego ?ycia, ni? ja bym to znios?a. Bo moja dobro?, je?li istnieje, to tylko w tym, co robi?, a nie we mnie samej.

Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat.

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is -- whether its victim is human or animal -- we cannot expect things to be much better in this world. We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing, we set back the progress of humanity.

I said that I thought most of us didn't know how truly good or truly bad we were, and most of us would never be sufficiently tested to find out.

Besides, Clara needed relatives: it was Diane's view that bringing up a completely undamaged child was in bad taste.

at a pinch even the best of men when in love scrap as a matter of course that code of honour which they observe in business office or at the card table and to each other, and about which they are so entertainingly strong and silent, but that where women are concerned they are capable of conduct, cowardices and dishonesties that would get them kicked out of any decent club or service.

Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed.

I have two basic votes before I vote: is it constitutional, and is it in the interests of my people. If the answer is yes to both of them, then I vote for it, and I don't care who authored it.

We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.

I'm not taking votes based on getting re-elected.

Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.

No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if you're not playing by the rules, you're taking a big risk.