Quotes about Ethics
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing well is a result of doing good.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson