Quotes about Ethics
I salve my own conscience. I give him the surcease of religion before betraying him. Thus may I say to myself that he has gone where I cannot go.
— Frank Herbert
Rules are often an excuse to ignore compassion.
— Frank Herbert
I already have good administrators—uncorruptible, sagacious, philosophical and open about their errors, quick to see decisions.
— Frank Herbert
My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
— Frank Herbert
The realization that all religions had at least one common commandment: "Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.
— Frank Herbert
When I'm stronger than you I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
— Frank Herbert
You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.
— Frank Herbert
A crime in one society can be a moral requirement in another society.
— Frank Herbert
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
— Peter Marshall
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'
— Martin Luther King, Jr.