ethics

"No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one."

"No substance in nature, as far as yet known, has, when it reaches the brain, such power to induce mental and moral changes of a disastrous character as alcohol. Its transforming power is marvelous, an…"

"Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu."

"I like to try different things. A good strong character and a good story are the key things for me when I'm considering a script. But I don't want to do the same kinds of things over and over. I like …"

"He had for many years thought of Christ as a rival in greatness. Now he realized they were both brothers in misery. Their enemies were identical: the howling mob, the fearful, the inferior, the baying…"

"When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice."

"You must give heed unto virtue, O men, which swims forth even with a man who has suffered shipwreck, and, on his coming naked to land, will render him more honoured than the happy Phaeacians."

"Those set our hairs, but these our flesh upright."

"It would not be too much to say that if all drinking of fermented liquors could be done away, crime of every kind would fall to a fourth of its present amount, and the whole tone of moral feeling in t…"

"Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail."

"Both Mark Satin and Jerry Rubin speak of legitimate mystical experiences where good and evil dissipate into the One. Ferguson claims that good and evil are transcended by an awareness that "unites opp…"

"Despite its vision of a perfect future, Marxism had moved to the dark side, corrupted by authoritarian socialism and debased with dictatorial intolerance. In this sense, Marxism could be regarded as m…"

"The United Front Government’s neighbourhood policy now stands on five basic principles: First, with the neighbours like Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka, India does not ask for recipr…"

"The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive, is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts."

"Whatever be the effect of slavery upon the States where it exists, there can be no doubt that its moral influence upon the North has been most disastrous. It has compelled our politicians into that fi…"

"Do not discuss God and virtue. Do not discuss the homeland and its history. Do not discuss the authority and prestige. Do not discuss the family and its moral. Not discuss the glory of work and their …"

"The problem of systems improvement is the problem of the 'ethics of the whole system'."

"The behaviour and character of academic mullahs is once again consistent with their sorry record of misdeeds."

"Look for integrity, intelligence and energy."

"Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life."