Quotes About Ethics

He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.

Virtue is its own punishment.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

Every time you make a decision, you mess with someone's life.

And sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.

Be superior to pleasure.

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

I don't write about my life in my column.

Every sentient being values her/his life even if no one else does. That is what is meant by saying that the lives of all have inherent value.

There are two impossibilities in life: "just one drink" and "an honest politician."

I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rules of being politically correct.

There's a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities. I call that the Weasel Zone and it's where most of life happens.

The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

All evil is good become cancerous.

I'm not a sh*tty person, but I'm about to do a sh*tty thing.

It's easier to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for

You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier to just do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

I'm not a shitty person, but I'm about to do a shitty thing.

It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.