Quotes about Ethics
There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
- Confucius
There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.
- Cicero
Violence is just, where kindness is vain.
- Pierre Corneille
It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.
- Simon Sinek
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
- George Bernard Shaw
Confucius said the doctrine of the mean was the highest virtue, and rare among men. The Buddhists call it the middle way. Aristotle saw moderation as the essence of virtue. I say moderation in all things, even moderation.
- Jay Parini
I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.
- Elie Wiesel
Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.
- Elie Wiesel
Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
- Elie Wiesel
Look, whatever you do in life, remember, think higher and feel deeper. It cannot be bad if you do that.
- Elie Wiesel
I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.
- Elie Wiesel
How was it possible that men, women, and children are being burned and that the world kept silent?
- Elie Wiesel