ethics Quotes

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.