ethics

"Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."

"The moral law was not written for men alone in their individual character, but it was written as well for nations, and for nations great as this of which we are citizens. If nations reject and deride …"

"My duty is to obey orders."

"Vietnam was worse than immoral — it was a mistake."

"Virtue is not a mushroom, that springeth up of itself in one night when we are asleep, or regard it not; but a delicate plant, that groweth slowly and tenderly, needing much pains to cultivate it, muc…"

"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue."

"Those who are susceptible to depravity do not need cinema or theatre to mislead them. There are numerous other factors which lead to immorality."

"Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in v…"

"If you succeeded with patience, you should try to reach a higher state of morality; which is to counter evil with good."

"Conan stood paralyzed in the disruption of the faculties which demoralizes anyone who is confronted by an impossible negation of sanity."

"Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice."

"You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am."

"He who feels that in his inmost being he cannot be compared with others, will be his own lawgiver. For one thing is needful: to give style to one’s character. This art is practised by him who, with an…"

"When American schooling stopped being primary for mental development and character training,.. it became a training ground to supply the existing economy with a particular kind of labor and customers …"

"Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial."

"There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy."

"Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men."

"One should emulate works and deeds of virtue, not arguments about it."

"He’s like a pizza with the works. He’s a touch of Zorro, a dash of Dracula, a helping of the Shadow and a bunch of Sherlock Holmes all mixed together. Plus the cars and gadgets and that great hideout.…"

"It's easy to forget you are in debt to the tune of £10, and to a woman who never forgets anything. Crikey, she can even tell you which Coronation Street character was the first one to have their brain…"