Without virtue, it is hard to bear the results of good fortune suitably. Those who lack virtue become arrogant and wantonly aggressive when they have these other goods. They think less of everyone else, and...

I charge my clients for my time and expertise, my heart is free.

There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.

The only crime is pride.

Leadership responsibility is multidimensional and cannot be described in one or two words. It is personal, interpersonal, environmental and societal.

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

Face the complexity involved in making ethical choices.

But what they find most amazing and despicable is the insanity of those who all but worship the rich, to whom they owe nothing and who can do them no harm; they do so for...

The supernatural worldview is causing a great number of otherwise intelligent people to cling to a collection of atavistic concepts that have not, and never will serve humanity in any ultimately beneficial way. Any benefits...

Quote words that affirmall men and women are yourbrothers and sisters.

Make choices and manage your choices according to what is good for you,” then there is a built-in tension between that which connects and that which divides. Between the material and the intellectual or ethical....

Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust, empathy, love, and ethical discernment are already in our possession....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must approve the homage of...

True morals are a priceless thing that possesses the highest value and can never be bought or sold at any cost.

the euro, it seems, is stuck in a political no man’s land – trapped between two opposing world views. And the battleground is not economics, but ethics.

In silence, an act is an act is an act. Verbalized and discussed, it becomes an ethical problem …

By wearing cosmetics a woman seeks to look younger or more beautiful than she otherwise would. Honesty doesn’t require that she issue a continuous disclaimer: “I see you are looking at my face. Please be...

The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethics of humankind must take a cause....

if ethics is not the engine of success, in the train of growth, it sure is a guard, with a flag, which may be green, or at times red

Work hard, do your best, live the truth, trust yourself, have some fun…and you’ll have no regrets.

If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.