quotes about Ethical Principles

last updated: November 28, 2023

The Greatest evils inflicted by man over the face of the Earth are wrought not by the self-seekers, the pleasure lovers, or the merely amoral, but by the fervent devotees of ethical principles.
-- Robert Morrison MacIver

Source : Robert Morrison MacIver (2005). “Politics and Society”, p.174, Transaction Publishers

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“I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it.”
“It's like you run into this dark tunnel, trusting that somewhere there's another end to it where you're going to come out. And there's a point in the middle where it's just dark. There's no light from where you came in and there's no light at the other end; all you can do is keep running. And then you start to see a little light, and a little more light, and then, bam! You're out in the sun.”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
“The Presidents Woodruff and Smith both said they were willing for such a ceremony to occur, if done in Mexico, and Pres. Woodruff promised the Lord's blessing to follow such an act.”
“People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about?”
“The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and schools need to emphasize this. We are no longer in a world where you need to go seek enlightenment, it is everywhere.”
“Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium”
“See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.”
“The readers who commited suicide after reading 'Werther' were not ideal but merely sentimental readers.”
“I can let the team do the talking for me.”