humans have a global benchmark-standard of conduct that…

“How can one respect people as members of the human race unless one holds them to a standard of conduct and truthfulness?”

— Theodore Dalrymple

“IT is not easy—perhaps not even desirable—to judge other people by a consistent standard. Conduct obnoxious, even unbearable, in one person may be readily…

— Anthony Powell

“If you try to hold people to your standard of conduct you will go mad with disappointment and grief.”

— Bryant McGill

There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S.…

— Douglas Alexander

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a…

— Mark McKinnon

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

— Confucius

“Deprived of the infinite, man has become what he always was: a supernumerary. He hardly counts; he forms part of the troupe called Humanity;…

— Remy de Gourmont

Do not be surprised if I adore as God what you called humanity, since you talked of humanity as if it was empty of…

— Michael Servetus

The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from the demand…

— Talal Asad

“Long accustomed to a life of self-indulgent solitude, he began to yearn for the beauty of giving himself to others. The nobility of the…

— Yasunari Kawabata

I think the rapidly growing tendency to regard animals as born for nothing except slavery to so-called humanity absolutely disgusting.

— Victor Gollancz

Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be…

— John A. Lejeune

Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every…

— Wadah Khanfar

Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us,…

— William Wilberforce