ethics Quotes

The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.