My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Justification is a remarkable thing-takes all those solid lines and blurs them, so that honor becomes as supple as a willow, and… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to… — Hugo Ball Copy Share Image
“A friend once told me 'The body has nay conscience.' I dinna ken that that's entirely so-but it is true that the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
“Sorting out what's good and bad is the province of ethics. It is also what keeps priests, pundits, and parents busy. Unfortunately,… — Thomas Cathcart Copy Share Image
God wants our conscience to be certain and sure that it is pleasing to Him. This cannot be done if the conscience… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“A group experience takes place on a lower level of consciousness than the experience of an individual. This is due to the… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground… — Henry Sidgwick Copy Share Image
Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The notion of ambiguity must not be confused with that of absurdity. To declare that existence is absurd is to deny that… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
“Joy of Conscience (The Sonnet) Conscience brings joy, Conscience brings relief. It's a different kind of joy, sanctified by bouts of grief.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“A culture capable of imagining complexly is a humble culture. It acts, when it has to act, as late in the game… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“he had been filled with terror lest other eyes should look upon it. It had brought melancholy across his passions. Its mere… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
An All-American is an ordinary person with an extraordinary desire to excel. You don't get to the top of the mountain by… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
Ethics, like natural selection, make existence possible. Aesthetics, like sensual selection, make life lovely and wonderful, fill it with new forms, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I'll work to maintain my work ethic out on the road, playing my shows, giving 110%, keeping God first, my family second,… — Aaron Watson Copy Share Image
A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
A family is not built just by marrying a woman and producing children. Family is built with a timeless sacrifice which must… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Many fine people were out there living, people whose consciences permitted them to sleep at night despite their not having written a… — Annie Dillard (Author Copy Share Image
“Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
The power of transgression is the archetypal, foundational story of the Bible. We want to break our own codes - sometimes of… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Peace in the world depends on peace in the hearts of individuals; this depends on each of us practising ethics by disciplining… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Without the errors involved in the assumptions of ethics, man would have remained an animal. Thus has he taken himself as something… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Kant does not think that the silly commandment "universalize your maxims" is the be-all and end-all of ethics or that it provides… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
He [Donald Trump] is got no ethics when it comes to business and can they turn this story line, talk to his… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
“Many people who think nothing of buying factory-farmed ham or chicken from a supermarket are quick to condemn hunting; yet hunting is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I have seen some whose consciences, owing undoubtedly to former indulgence, had grown to be as irritable as spoilt children, and at… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think of Martin Luther King phrase a lot when I'm deciding public issues. He said: "Here I stand: I can do… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
“Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Equal interchange of goods and service between buyer and seller is the keynote of tomorrow's business world when the vision of the… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image