There are problems to whose solution I would attach an infinitely greater importance than to those of mathematics, for example touching ethics,… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
Science cannot stop while ethics catches up ... and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country. — Elvin C. Stakman Copy Share Image
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences. — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
“Lacking in conscience and empathy, they take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without guilt… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When, in any ethical department, unity is attained between outer demands and inner desires, between nature and conscience, between the needs of… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Crossing your fingers, Neville? Knocking on wood? He ignored that, beginning to suspect his mind of harboring an alien. Once he might… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
How many young girls there are who do not see any wrongdoing in following certain shameless styles like so many sheep. They… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“There is a tendency to oversimplify the issue of spay/neuter and to promote the essential benefits without recognizing that our animals do… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control. — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
Mass communication communicates massively: its language lacks precise articulation and avoids demanding terms; it argues for the kind of behavior in life… — Frederic Raphael Copy Share Image
Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed,… — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image