Quotes about Ethics

We would have to think the gods had no minds, to pray for murderers.

What heavenly power lends an ear To a breaker of oaths, a deceiver?

If the gods do a shameful thing, they are not gods.

Verily we must believe the Gods are senseless, if we feel well disposed to murderers.

We all must try to be good.

If we could only learn to look on evil as evil, whether it's clothed in filth or monotony or magnificence.

Until the great mobs could be educated into a moral sense, someone must cry: Thou shalt not!

Some men escape the grip. Maybe their wives have no social ambitions; maybe they've hit a sentence or two in a 'dangerous book' that pleased them; maybe they started on the treadmill as I did and were knocked off. Anyway, they're the congressmen you can't bribe, the Presidents who aren't politicians, the writers, speakers, scientists, statesmen who aren't just populate grab-bags for a half-dozen women and children.

It's essentially cleaner to be corrupt and rich than it is to be innocent and poor.

If one can't be a great artist or a great soldier, the next best thing is to be a great criminal.

When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.