Quotes about Ethics

Wells Fargo had a glitch - the truth of the matter is they made a business judgement that was wrong. I don't think anything is fundamentally wrong.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

In every other age and class man is held responsible for his reading, and not reading responsible for man. The books a man or woman reads are less the making of character than the expression of it.

The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.

Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell.

But if someone's character has no foundation, there's nothing to build on.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.