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"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
"Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
"Virtue consists not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
"The art of government is the organisation of idolatry"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
"I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
"I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law"
Aristotle, Philosopher
"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
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst"
Aristotle, Philosopher
"Death is not the worst that can happen to men"
Plato, Philosopher
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
"Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
"He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
"Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
"Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages"
Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
"Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"One crime has to be concealed by another"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage"
Confucius, Philosopher
"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others"
Confucius, Philosopher
"To see the right and not to do it is cowardice"
Confucius, Philosopher
"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness"
Confucius, Philosopher
"Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world, By practicing reverence for life, we become good, deep, and alive"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics!"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
"A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
"Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
"If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved"
Kahlil Gibran, Poet
"Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions"
Samuel Johnson, Author
"To seek the highest good is to live well"
Saint Augustine, Saint
"Ignorance is not innocence, but sin"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
"I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world"
Bertrand Russell, Philosopher
"Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
"A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing"
Elizabeth I, Royalty
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