Ethical Quotes

528 Ethical quotes by 398 unique authors

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an… — Orson Welles
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some… — Albert Einstein
Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong. — John Ralston Saul
A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet… — Sam Harris
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom… — Pope John Paul II
We read the Golden Rule and judge it to be a brilliant distillation of many of our ethical impulses. And then we come across another… — Sam Harris
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. — Albert Einstein
Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a… — Bill Maher
The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!' 'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint… — Jonathan Franzen
We live in a world full of accidents finally in which on aesthetic principles have a consistency of which we can be sure. Right and… — Anne Rice
The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible. — Leo Tolstoy
In the end ... success or failure will come down to an ethical decision, one on which those now living will be judged for generations… — E. O. Wilson
Perhaps, indeed, there are no truly universal ethics: or to put it more precisely, the ways in which ethical principles are interpreted will inevitably differ… — Howard Gardner
Here is the point about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not hold… — Christopher Hitchens
Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be… — Albert Einstein
What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and… — Sam Harris
People, Reacher was certain about. Dogs were different. People had freedom of choice. If a man or a woman ran snarling toward him, they did… — Lee Child
In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too dynamic, complex, and… — Timothy Leary
unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause… — Dalai Lama
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the revealed… — Greg L. Bahnsen
Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy.… — Karen Armstrong
There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing… — David Foster Wallace
The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false… — Dorothy L. Sayers

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