Quotes about Ethics

with the exception of wars of liberation, everything that armies do is by foul means.

If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

To divinise is human, to humanise is divine.

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

Her guilty conscience was as vague as original sin.

May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.

Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.

The virtue involved in helping those one loves is not 'selflessness' or 'sacrifice,' but integrity.

Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.

They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate.