Ethics Quotes

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Some years ago I wrote a book called The House on Eccles Street. To write this book I had to think my way into the… — J M Coetzee
In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice. — C.S. Lewis
I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with feeling great empathy for your… — Jane Goodall
We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly… — Albert Schweitzer
We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is… — Alphonse de Lamartine
Men will be just to men when they are kind to animals. — Henry Bergh
Anyone who says that life matters less to an animal than it does to us has not held in his hands an animal fighting for… — J M Coetzee
Mercy to animals means mercy to mankind. — Henry Bergh
I believe that pity is a law like justice, and that kindness is a duty like uprightness. That which is weak has a right to… — Victor Hugo
To me, a philosopher who says that the distinction between human and nonhuman depends on whether you have a white or a black skin, and… — J M Coetzee
It seems to me as I reviewed the literature that, with few exceptions, the more confident were the prescriptions about how to behave with ethics… — Steve Kerr
Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters… — David A. Kolb
The moral climate of any organization, larger than that of the individual, is created hour by hour through the multitude of choices and behaviors of… — Rushworth Kidder
Many roads open pathways to authenticity. For some it is disciplined practice, for others revelation, for others service. Regardless of how we get in touch… — Unknown Author
There's a lot of talk about self-esteem these days. It seems pretty basic to me. If you eat to feel proud of yourself, you've got… — Oseola McCarty
Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker... there is no escape... people drag others or lift others up. — Booker T. Washington
Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes. — Desiderius Erasmus
Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first. — George Bernard Shaw
America with 4% of the world's population has 50% of the worlds lawyers .... tort lawyers love to point out that 1% of America's health… — Richard Lamm
Those two principles: We're supposed to love one another and we're supposed to work together to make the experience better. That's all the religion you… — Mario Cuomo

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