ethics

"The socialist is not a human, but an animal, because a human differs from an animal in this that he has moral values, and the Reds , as their program states, they disobey them."

"Again, it is possible to fail in many ways , while to succeed is possible only in one way ; for these reasons also, then, excess and defect are characteristic of vice, and the mean of virtue; For men …"

"There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude."

"The contributions of Freud to the effects of early experiences upon later behaviors and consequences of repressed sexuality have been well established. Unfortunately time and space do not permit a dis…"

"It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy — from lack of character."

"It is not true that men never change; they change for the worse, as well as for the better. It is not true they are ungrateful; more often the benefactor rates his favors higher than their worth; and …"

"There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious."

"I know there are scores of born again Negroes out there who don't believe that the nation-state of America is their enemy, , but history and recent events emphatically substantiate the racist characte…"

"If we had to name the one cultural current that most characterizes America in the twentieth century, it might be the work of Freud and the disciplines that grew out of it."

"Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is."

"There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down that had either morals or principles."

"“The two main directions of modern ethics with their affirmation of the importance of individual conscience and the extension of moral concern for all rational beings, as worthy of equal rights, imply…"

"A great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward."

"Moral influence means persuading another that one can make that other more uncomfortable than that other can make oneself."

"Grafting solitude onto a character who would live it on the page seemed to provide me with a sense of catharsis."

"In the Greek world in which Homer's songs were sung, it was taken for granted that everyone's life is ruled by fate and chance. For Homer, human life is a succession of contingencies: all good things …"

"There are two kinds of morality—the kind of morality that one imposes on oneself and the kind of morality that one imposes on others. For the first kind of morality, that is, for self-restraint, I hav…"

"Today, excellent companies realize that project failures have more to do with behavioral shortcomings — poor employee morale, negative human relations, low productivity, and lack of commitment."

"The result of this is fear. And man gasps for safety and morality."

"It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."