"To expect punishment is to suffer it, and to earn it is to expect it."

Ethics, Punishment, Suffering, Justice, Expectation

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"To expect punishment is to suffer it, and to earn it is to expect it."

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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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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

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"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

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"Most powerful is he who has himself in his power."

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"What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more."

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"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."

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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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"All cruelty springs from weakness."

"Speech is the index of the mind."

"Whom they have injured they also hate."

"Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough."

"Do everything as in the eye of another."

"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

"Most powerful is he who has himself in his power."

"What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more."

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."