"When I religiously confess myself to myself I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice."

Ethics, Virtue, Vice, Self, Reflection

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"When I religiously confess myself to myself I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice."

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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

Ethics, Judgment, Fairness, Time, Perspective

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

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Ethics, Morality, Judgment, Evil, Values

"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

Ethics, Morality, Truth, Life

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

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Ethics, Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Decision

"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

Ethics, Morality, Truth, Behavior, Hypocrisy

"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

Ethics, Responsibility, Action, Truth, Integrity

"Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful."

Stephen King, American Author

Ethics, Goodness, Action, Truth, Wisdom

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"Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves."

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"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

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"We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void."

Conscience

"Heureuse la mort qui oste le loisir aux apprests de tel equipage."

Mortality

"Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul."

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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."

"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."

"Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful."

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"Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves."

"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

"We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void."

"Heureuse la mort qui oste le loisir aux apprests de tel equipage."

"Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul."

"The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness."

"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul."

"There is no passion so contagious as that of fear."

"There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened."

"The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar."