"Better a good journalist than a poor assassin."

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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

"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

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

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Ethics, Righteousness, Sin, Faith, Choice

"Never sacrifice what's right for what's convenient."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Ethics, Sacrifice, Right, Convenient, Principles

"Any religion which demands death for other people is itself worthy of nothing less than it expects for others. In fact, it is probably long overdue."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Ethics, Religion, Violence, Justice

"I hate what you represent."... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk suffer at the hands of those like you."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Ethics, Power, Corruption, Justice, Morality

"It is wickedness when you receive blessing and not giving blessing to people."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Ethics, Wickedness, Blessing, Giving, People

"All those who are not straightforward (frank and forthright) in this world are full of deception."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Ethics, Deception, Honesty, Truth, Wisdom

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"Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world."

War

"If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble."

Literature

"Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong."

Politics

"Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away."

Man

"If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat."

Victory

"One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life."

Life

"Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience."

Experience

"One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day."

Religion

"Life has no meaning, the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal."

Philosophy

"Certain details, somewhat curtailed, live in my memory. But I don't see anything anymore: I can search the past in vain, I can only find these scraps of images and I am not sure what they represent, whether they are memories or just fiction."

Memory