Quotes about Ethics

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity.

...if I lose at play, I blaspheme, and if my fellow lose, he blasphemes, so that God is always sure to be a loser.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

My dear boy... anybody can be good in the country.

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

Religion makes good people better and bad people worse.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

It should be held as an eternal truth, that what is morally wrong can never be politically right.

This is what it means to be human "in the image of God." It means being free to make choices instead of doing whatever our instincts would tell us to do. It means knowing that some choices are good, and others are bad, and it is our job to know the difference.

If a human artist or employer made children suffer so that something immensely impressive or valuable could come to pass, we would put him in prison. Why then should we excuse God for causing such undeserved pain, no matter how wonderful the ultimate result may be?