Ethics proverbs

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◆ I think the key indicator for wealth is not good grades, work ethic, or IQ. I believe it's relationships. Ask yourself two questions: How many people do I know, and how much ransom money could I get for each one?

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

- Mahatma Gandhi99

◆ Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

- Aristotle99

◆ Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

- C.S. Lewis99

◆ If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.

- Ellen DeGeneres99

◆ There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

- Woody Allen99

◆ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

- Dalai Lama XIV99

◆ I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.

- Aristotle99

◆ Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

- Albert Schweitzer99

◆ Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?

- Charlotte Bront?99

◆ I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around as it wants without taking a look at what they're doing. I'm concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that's handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers.

- Howard Zinn99

◆ A quiet conscience makes one strong!

- Anne Frank99

◆ Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

- Thomas A. Edison99

◆ Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?

- David Foster Wallace99

◆ People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

- Stephen King99