Quotes about Ethics

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.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.

Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.

Look, whatever you do in life, remember, think higher and feel deeper. It cannot be bad if you do that.

I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.

How was it possible that men, women, and children are being burned and that the world kept silent?

Could men and women who consider it normal to assist the weak, to heal the sick, to protect small children, and to respect the wisdom of their elders understand what happened there? Would they be able to comprehend how, within that cursed universe, the masters tortured the weak and massacred the children, the sick, and the old?

Our ethics are not meant to be created in our childhoods and shoved in a box somewhere; they must be reshaped daily, as we encounter scenarios that challenge our beliefs.

most of us turn to religion for our ethics because we don't know where else to find them.

There is "response" in responsibility.

Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.