Philosophy & Thought: Ethics & Morality Quotes

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"Education is the art of making man ethical"

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt"

Thomas Moore, Poet

Thomas Moore

"Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason: it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously"

Evander Holyfield, Athlete

Evander Holyfield

"I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

John Perry Barlow

"Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse"

Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist

"A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action"

David Seabury, Psychologist

"I know what sin is"

Brigitte Bardot, Actress

"From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization"

Friedrich Engels, Philosopher

"I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not"

Flora Lewis, Journalist

Flora Lewis

"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration"

Martin Van Buren, President

"In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it"

Robert Gould Shaw, Soldier

"Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced"

Robert Walpole, Statesman

"Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion"

Charles Colson, Lawyer

"One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed"

Maimonides, Philosopher

"Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals"

Ralph Bunche, Diplomat

Ralph Bunche

"We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal, there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do"

Kevin Richardson, Musician

"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward"

Silius Italicus, Poet

"There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die"

William Harvey, Scientist

"To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man"

Michael Servetus, Scientist

"I was Chairman Mao's dog. What he said to bite, I bit"

Jiang Qing, Revolutionary

"In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection"

Carol Gilligan, Psychologist

"'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike"

Oscar Wilde, Dramatist

Oscar Wilde

"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins"

Lao Tzu, Author

"The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"Virtue consists not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"The art of government is the organisation of idolatry"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right"

Ronald Reagan, President

Ronald Reagan

"I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law"

Aristotle, Philosopher

Aristotle

"Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim"

Aristotle, Philosopher

Aristotle

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