ethics Quotes

“By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.”

“The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for... ...

“Knowing all truth is less than doing a little bit of good.”

“To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”

“Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.”

“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.”

“When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation...nobody has to teach him to love his fellow man. Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is... ...

“I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.”

“For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put... ...

“Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life”