Philosophy & Thought: Ethics & Morality Quotes

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"A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency"

Miguel de Cervantes, Novelist

Miguel de Cervantes

"A person dishonored is worst than dead"

Miguel de Cervantes, Novelist

Miguel de Cervantes

"Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done"

James Madison, President

James Madison

"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree"

James Madison, President

James Madison

"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong"

James Madison, President

James Madison

"There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances"

Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary

Leon Trotsky

"Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic, which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

Simone Weil

"Malice is always authentic and sincere"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"Really, to sin you have to be serious about it"

Henrik Ibsen, Poet

Henrik Ibsen

"He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life"

Pierre Corneille, Dramatist

Pierre Corneille

"In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate"

Pierre Corneille, Dramatist

Pierre Corneille

"Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not"

Pierre Corneille, Dramatist

Pierre Corneille

"A first impulse was never a crime"

Pierre Corneille, Dramatist

Pierre Corneille

"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues"

John Locke, Philosopher

John Locke

"Speak the truth.Give whatever you can.Never be angry.These three steps will lead youInto the presence of the gods"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast"

Buddha, Leader

Buddha

"Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise"

Horace Mann, Educator

Horace Mann

"States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live"

George W. Bush, President

George W. Bush

"Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals"

Horace Mann, Educator

Horace Mann

"It is well to think well; it is divine to act well"

Horace Mann, Educator

Horace Mann

"Duty is not collective; it is personal"

Calvin Coolidge, President

Calvin Coolidge

"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good"

Calvin Coolidge, President

Calvin Coolidge

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