Quotes About Ethics

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

You know what, life is full of temptations

Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.

We cannot possess the truth fully until it has entered into the very substance of our life by good habits, and by a certain perfection of moral activity.

A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life.

Never lie under any circumstances.

Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.

Politics is how you think about life itself.

There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant woman to death.

Science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life. To destroy life to save life - it's one of the real ethical dilemmas that we face.

Some of the most frantic lies on the face of life are told with modesty and restraint; for the simple reason that only modesty and restraint will save them.

My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life.

Only a life of goodness and honesty leaves us feeling spiritually healthy and human.

When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back.

It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.

Traditional values are big in my life.

Scientists are still trying to produce life in the laboratory, but it shouldn't be difficult if the laboratory assistant is pretty and willing.

I'm interested in ways of writing about the social world that don't assassinate the life that's in it

don't argue what you don't believe in. Rule number one, in law and in life.

One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.

Purity of life is the highest and truest art.

Unfortunately in life, justice is not always achieved.