Thomas Huxley Quotes

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.

A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

So I think ethics is the broader thing that's less focused on prohibitions and is more perhaps looking at principles and questions and ideas about how to live your life.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.

The headquarters of good principles.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and sense of responsibility with or without religion.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster.

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

Hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.

Principle is ever my motto, not expediency.

No social system, however, elevates "Goodness" to a deciding principle, whether the realm be art, politics, or economics.

We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

Civilization depends on morality.