"I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys."

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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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"One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane."

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"Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?"

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"I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal."

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"All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good."

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"My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them."

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"He was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath."

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"Give a truly good person power, and they're still a good person. Give a bad person power, and they're still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isn't evil, or good, but just ordinary. You don't always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside."

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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."

Explore more quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

"One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane."

"Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?"

"I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal."

"All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good."

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more."

"Perfect, complete, needing nothing, simply all there was, was the dark."

"My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them."

"He was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath."

"Give a truly good person power, and they're still a good person. Give a bad person power, and they're still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isn't evil, or good, but just ordinary. You don't always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside."