--- title: "4 Ethical Quotes By Stephen Fry" description: "4 Ethical quotes by Stephen Fry. Plus more from Stephen Fry and more Ethical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/stephen-fry-573_codes_there-is-no-particular-socratic-or-dimec_1589069.jpg" --- > [There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/there-is-no-particular-socratic-or-dimechian-or-kantian-way-to-live/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/stephen-fry-573_codes_there-is-no-particular-socratic-or-dimec_1589069.jpg) > [Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/philosophy-is-an-odd-thing-there-is-no-particular-socratic-or/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/stephen-fry-573_code_philosophy-is-an-odd-thing-there-is-no-p_1929439.png) > [Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/humanism-is-an-approach-to-life-which-encourages-ethical-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/stephen-fry-573_approach_humanism-is-an-approach-to-life-which-en_2773544.png) > [If we empower ourselves with responsibility over our actions, responsibility over our destinies and responsibility for directing and maintaining and creating our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-we-empower-ourselves-with-responsibility-over-our-actions/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/stephen-fry-573_action_if-we-empower-ourselves-with-responsibil_2937756.jpg) ## Other authors on Ethical ## More by Stephen Fry > [“...Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight. ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/catholic-versus-protestant-essentially-it-s-that-kind-of-fight-and-it/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault? It's not right, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/how-dare-you-how-dare-you-create-a-world-in-which-there-is-such/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“Look at the kind of people who most object to the childishness and cheapness of celebrity culture. Does one really want to side with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/look-at-the-kind-of-people-who-most-object-to-the-childishness-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“The object of love should feel honoured or flattered, responsible in some way. Instead he felt insulted, degraded and revolted. More than that, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-object-of-love-should-feel-honoured-or-flattered-responsible-in/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-only-people-who-are-obsessed-with-food-are-anorexics-and-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/to-me-reason-is-as-spiritual-as-anything-else-the-beauty-of-reason/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn't quite understand its force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-stranger-might-laugh-and-seem-to-enjoy-the-writing-but-you-hug-to/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“The future is a much bigger deal than the past,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-future-is-a-much-bigger-deal-than-the-past/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-gather-a-repulsive-nobody-writing-in-a-paper-no-one-of-any-decency/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-ve-never-had-any-illusions-about-being-a-lead-actor-in-films/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/because-let-s-face-it-i-do-not-get-offered-the-parts-that-brad-pitt/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-mozart-over-miley-cyrus-of-course/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-can-t-just-say-there-is-a-god-because-the-world-is-beautiful-you/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-know-someone-who-s-depressed-please-resolve-never-to-ask-them/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and explain them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/it-s-as-if-scientists-exert-every-effort-of-will-they-possess/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ethical/stephen-fry/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ethical Quotes By Stephen Fry", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. 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