Quotes About Ethics

There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.

But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.

Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging

It is easy to judge evil unmixed," replied Gwydion. "But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.

Det ligger större ära i en välplöjd åker än i en åker dränkt i blod.

Inom de flesta av oss är gott och ont sammanflätade så tätt som trådarna på en vävstol. Större visdom än min krävs för den domen.

Vi är varken onda eller goda. Vi är helt enkelt intresserade av saker precis som det de är.

Of course not, agreed Orddu. We're neither good nor evil. We're simply interested in things as they are. And things as they are, at the moment, seem to be that you're caught by the Crochan.

We humans now increasingly share in what used to be regarded as the omniscience and omnipotence of God.

Morality has its equations too - they graph the curve of compassion between the quick and the dead.

Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.

And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular.

The man corrected him. Honor, he said firmly. I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.

Sometimes we have to hurt people, in order to keep ourselves whole. We must just do it with love, that's all.

I cannot kill someone, he thought.

It bothered him a little to lie about small things. But he always had; he had grown up lying, and he still found it strange that the people in this place where he now lived thought lying was wrong. To Matty, it was sometimes a way of making things easier, more comfortable, more convenient.

Honor," he said firmly. "I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.

What if they had all been instructed: You may lie?

Marlene had admitted in class that her boyfriend, a ninth-grader in another town, shoplifted all the time and that although she didn't like it much, she wouldn't dream of reporting him.

Honor,' he said firmly. 'I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.

I will take care of that, sir. I will take care of that, sir, Jonas mimicked in a cruel, sarcastic voice. I will do whatever you like, sir. I will kill people, sir. Old people? Small new born people? I'd be happy to kill them, sir. Thank you for your instructions, sir. How may I help y- He couldn't seem to stop.

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?