Quotes about Ethics
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil
— Dennis Prager
Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.
— CS Lewis
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
— Abraham Lincoln
Conscience is God present in man.
— Victor Hugo
Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.
— Thomas Jefferson
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.
— Winston Churchill
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
— Victor Hugo
Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
— Epicurus
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
— CS Lewis
Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.
— Aristotle