"When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops."

Ethics, Choice, Morality, Compassion, Action

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"When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops."

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"But you can't just leave it at that!" said Anathema, pushing forward. "Think of all things you could do! Good things."Like what?" said Adam suspiciously."Well... you could bring all the whales back, to start with."He put his head on one side. "An' that'd stop people killing them?"She hesitated. It would have been nice to say yes."An' if people do start killing 'em, what would you ask me to do about 'em?" said Adam. "No. I reckon I'm getting the hang of this now. Once I start messing around like that, there'd be no stoppin' it. Seems to me, the only sensible thing is for people to know if they kill a whale, they've got a dead whale."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Ethics, Environment, Morality, Responsibility, Power

"Religion [dharma] is that where there is no irreligion (adharma, immorality). Religion cannot exist where there is irreligion. There can be only one or the other. Behind every intention, there is either [the force of] religion or [the force of] irreligion."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Ethics, Religion, Morality, Truth, Wisdom

"Doing good things for bad people is no different than doing bad things on good people."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Ethics, Morality, Justice, Truth, Regret

"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

Ethics, Judgment, Fairness, Time, Perspective

"Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Ethics, Morality, Action, Truth, Justice

"Of course, in the process, you must never do harm to others in any serious way, or you'll cease to amuse Him. Then payment comes due for promises you didn't keep."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Ethics, Promise, Responsibility, Harm

"It is better to be slave to righteousness than slave to sin."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Ethics, Righteousness, Sin, Faith, Choice

"Happiness at any price is no happiness at all."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Ethics, Happiness, Morality, Selfishness, Empathy

"Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Ethics, Conscience, Law, Morality, Rights

"We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and the other which we practice but seldom preach."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Ethics, Morality, Hypocrisy, Truth

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"Frustration often steers you to the right path."

Growth

"You won't stress over it unless you care."

Emotion

"Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way."

Creativity

"Sometimes the gap between what you are and what you want to be is a little piece of paper called your college degree. So jump."

Motivation

"Not all friends know they have lost you."

Relationship

"A shout for help isn't always a cry of pain, sometimes it is a hymn of praise."

Expression

"Ambition is a stairway that never ends."

Ambition

"Most often when I stammerThat's my brainCorrecting my grammer."

Language

"If difficult times teach us the most important lessons, we should then learn to read difficult books."

Learning

"But men are bound to saySome things that, though untrue,Will get you down the aisleUntil you say "I do."

Deception