Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other. — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
“His brain and his heart knew this, but he couldn’t stop himself, and the razor of his conscience lent the undeniable thrill… — Robert Girardi Copy Share Image
“But I didn’t know that then. I washed my hands in the cold, uncaring sea, and my conscience was as silent and… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? It is the compass of the Unknown. Thought,” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I will never go against my morals and degrade myself to 'Fit in.' I have a mind of my own. I don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Have your own Convictions. Believe in the laws of your Conscience because if you believe in everything, you become nothing. — RVM Copy Share Image
As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a… — Stacy Keach Copy Share Image
On December 7, 1941, an event took place that had nothing to do with me or my family and yet which had… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
You have to get beyond blaming others . . . give up your excuses . . . stand responsible for what you… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Epicureanism did inspire libertine culture in isolated sects, but Epicurus himself rejected an ethics of sensory indulgence, and he would have disowned… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’… — Irena Sendler Copy Share Image
Every man is to be respected as an absolute end in himself; and it is a crime against the dignity that belongs… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd have to give you-a former Sunday School teacher-a lecture on ethics." "Former Sunday School teachers don't go around… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
We may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The politics of that year [2004] are old now, but the problem remains the same, the real culture clash of American life.… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
“A conscience that is forbidden to operate in the choice of goals for economic activity is not conscience in the sense in… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“Absolution is the washing away of sin. The promise of rebirth. And the chance to escape the transgressions of those who came… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
“We are put together in such a way that although we can be pushed and pulled and drowsied by flickering images, we… — J. Budziszewski Copy Share Image
The Guide sang: The new age, the new art, the new ethic and thought, And fools crying, Because it has begun It… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
After announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Last winter I made the decision to coach for only… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind. — Archie Carr Copy Share Image
I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics. — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“When one goes into the mountains one should sort out one's conscience, because one never knows if one will come home.” — Pier Giorgio Frassati Copy Share Image
The Jews are the conscience of the world. They are the father figures, stern, critical, and forbidding. — Raul Hilberg Copy Share Image
“If you're going to be soulless, you should at least consider outsourcing your conscience to someone else.” — Josh Bazell Copy Share Image
“It don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to choose between being scientific and being compassionate.” — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When christendom became a totalitarian superpower, the doctrine of peace and love by acceptance of Jesus Christ as savior was taxed by… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
The moment one begins to solder right and wrong together, one's conscience becomes like a piece of plated goods. — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic. — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I define a human being as that creature that has no power or control over his/her own conscience and yet is still… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image