Quotes About Ethics

O civilizaÈ›ie se întemeiaz?, în cea mai mare parte, pe laÈ™itate. Este atât de uÈ™or s? civilizezi propov?duind laÈ™itatea. Diluezi factorii care ar putea încuraja cutezanÈ›a. Limitezi exercitarea voinÈ›ei. Egalizezi apetiturile. Îngr?deÈ™ti orizonturile. Decretezi o lege pentru fiecare miÈ™care. Negi existenÈ›a haosului. Îi înveÈ›i pân? È™i pe copii s? respire domol. ÎmblânzeÈ™ti.

You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.

What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

A crime in one society can be a moral requirement in another society.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

A job is death without dignity.

You were the one they used against us, Bruce. The one who played it rough. When the noise started from the parents' groups and the sub-committee called us for questioning... you were the one who laughed... that scary laugh of yours. Sure, we're criminals, you said. We've always been criminals. We have to be criminals.--Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman

A gun is a coward's weapon. A liar's weapon.We kill.. too often.. because we've made it easy.. too easy.. sparing ourselves the mess.. and the work..

the sin of the representative man.

We must remember that possession of physical beauty can easily weaken the moral faculty.

SkromnosÃ…Â¥ sa tradi?ne považovala za cnosÃ…Â¥ a z dobrých dôvodov. Musíme si svoju skromnosÃ…Â¥ chrániÃ…Â¥, pretože ona nás zasa chráni pred nami samými.

Of course, as someone once observed, there is no right way to do something wrong

The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.

A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.

Companies that are indifferent to democracy have acquired an outsized role in it.

More than any previous coterie of corporations, the tech monopolies aspire to mold humanity into their desired image of it. They believe that they have the opportunity to complete the long merger between man and machine—to redirect the trajectory of human evolution.

There is no such thing as a clever crook. If he was really that clever he wouldn't be a crook at all.

Hvorledes skulle det gå, hvis man slap nordboerne ind i himlen ? I ville gribe efter de hellige jomfruer med utugtig tale, udstøde et hærskrig over for serafer og ærkeengle og skråle efter øl, når I stod ansigt til ansigt med Gud.

Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

What a fate: to be condemned to work for a firm where the slightest negligence at once gave rise to the gravest suspicion! Were all the employees nothing but a bunch of scoundrels, was there not among them one single loyal devoted man who, had he wasted only an hour or so of the firm's time in the morning, was so tormented by conscience as to be driven out of his mind and actually incapable of leaving his bed?

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Guilt is never to be doubted.