"And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Ethics, Responsibility, Love, Connection, Relationship

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"And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

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"Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that single, small improvement: to throw away the happiness of thousands for the chance of the happiness of one: that would be to let guilt within the walls indeed."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Ethics, Goodness, Grace, Happiness, Guilt

"Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Life wants you to know that feelings are more important than facts, and you should never hurt someone just to be right."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Sometimes it is better to say 'no' and lose your job than it is to say 'yes' and lose your soul."

Todd Stocker, American Author

Ethics, Integrity, Choice, Courage, Work

"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

"People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Ethics, Kindness, Empathy, Morality, Justice

"You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Ethics, Lie, Love, Truth, Wisdom

"I was brought up to be honest; the trouble is it gets me nowhere." Liking her better, he smiled and said, "It'll get us to heaven." "Will it?" "If heaven existed." "Do you not believe in heaven, Mr. Fielding, may I ask?" she said, looking at him shyly. "I do not. Yet I believe that honesty gets us there."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Ethics, Honesty, Faith, Belief, Integrity

"Why is it that human beings are allowed to grow up without the necessary apparatus to make sound ethical decisions?"

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Ethics, Humanity, Decision, Responsibility

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"Your moral foundation and character currently depend on what you hear."

"To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that single, small improvement: to throw away the happiness of thousands for the chance of the happiness of one: that would be to let guilt within the walls indeed."

"Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it."

"Life wants you to know that feelings are more important than facts, and you should never hurt someone just to be right."

"Sometimes it is better to say 'no' and lose your job than it is to say 'yes' and lose your soul."

"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."

"People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty."

"You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it."

"Why is it that human beings are allowed to grow up without the necessary apparatus to make sound ethical decisions?"

Explore more quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

"I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings."

"The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time."

"Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are."

"It's hard luck always having to be a judge."

"How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being."

"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."

"The one thing that matters is the effort."

"But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you."

"To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible."