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Quotes for Essay and Ethics

Ritesh Bhatt
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Education

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. The right
defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments.” ― C.S. Lewis

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. -
CS Lewis

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an
individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for
me. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Democracy

“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will
be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost”. - Aristotle

'Affection cannot be manufactured or be regulated by the law': Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom

To advance oneself towards freedom — physical, mental, and spiritual — and help others to
do so, is the supreme prize of man. - Swami Vivekanand

The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the
society enjoy. - Amartya Sen

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most
oppressive. C. S. Lewis

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal
means. - Amartya Sen

Women

All nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women. That country and that
nation which do not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future. -
Swami Vivekanand

Science

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 All the sciences are for this one end, to bring happiness to humanity. - Swami Vivekanand

It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various
arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality. - Amartya Sen

Inequality

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

- Amartya Sen

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or
another. - Amartya Sen

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further
enrichment of the opulent - Amartya Sen

Transparency

“Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can
continue.” - Jeremy Bentham

“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.” - Dalai Lama

Ethics/Humanity

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 Unity of soul, this common substance of humanity, is the basis of ethics and morality. - Swami
Vivekanand

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. - Mahatma
Gandhi

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are
dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. - Mahatma Gandhi

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,

Your thoughts become your words,

Your words become your actions,

Your actions become your habits,

Your habits become your values,

Your values become your destiny.” - M Gandhi

“Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character.

When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home.

When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation.

When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.” - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane. - M Gandhi

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel
there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the
mother and the teacher. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation,
with a value system. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Honesty

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything. - Swami
Vivekanand

Environment

Earth has sufficient for man's need but not for man's greed. - M Gandhi

Poverty

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 Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential
as a human being. - Amartya Sen

Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic

development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of
the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it. - Amartya Sen

Poverty is the worst form of violence. - M Gandhi

Courage of conviction

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. - C.
S. Lewis

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke

"The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who are silent during a moral crisis" - Dante,
Divine Comedy

"The world is a dangerous place not because of those who do evil, but because of those who
look on and do nothing" - Albert Einstein

Good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of
these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes. - Swami
Vivekanand

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - M Gandhi

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - M
Gandhi

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the
course of history. - M Gandhi

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or
worse, to avoid trouble. - M Gandhi

Best of Luck!

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