Ethics Quotes

"Primum non nocere (First, do no harm)." "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." "Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek." "I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good." "Morality doesn't mean 'following divine orders'. It means reducing suffering" "Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely" "The only thing you have in this business game is your word." "Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes " "Compassion is the basis of morality." "Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical" "In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates - and isolation brings its own reward" "A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself" "The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous" "Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies" "The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most" "Education is the art of making man ethical." "The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience." "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime" "Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law." "He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."