"Recompense injury with justice and recompense kindness with kindness."

Ethics, Justice, Kindness, Balance, Morality

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"We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future?"

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"And no one rose to ask the question: Good?-by what standard?John Galt."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Ethics, Miracles, World

"Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Might could would-they are contemptible auxiliaries."

George Eliot, British Author

Ethics, Power, Contempt, Morality, Strength

"Let thy true religion be to act right."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Ethics, Religion, Action, Morality, Right

"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Study the past if you would define the future."

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"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."

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"Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire."

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"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

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"When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

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"To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on."

Education, Communication, Teaching, Understanding, Learning

"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."

Philosophy, Virtue, Gravity, Soul, Generosity

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"We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future?"

"And no one rose to ask the question: Good?-by what standard?John Galt."

"Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right."

"Ethics are the things that say, 'Don't stick your finger in the socket.' The world says, 'It's okay because we've shut off the electricity.' And at the point that we've chosen to listen to the world and ignore our ethics, we say, 'I'm having a really hard time getting back up."

"He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing."

"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."

"Do not treat others as you would not like to be treated' frees one from hypocrisy. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' enslaves one with insincerity."

"Might could would-they are contemptible auxiliaries."

"Let thy true religion be to act right."

"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."

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"Study the past if you would define the future."

"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."

"Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire."

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

"When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"To rank the effort above the prize may be called love."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on."

"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."