The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew the truth would be wicked. I disbelieve this, absolutely and entirely. I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, and that virtues based upon lies can only do harm.
When your child is very young, you must protect him from doing harm to himself and others, then later by precept, explaining to him what is going to be for his eventual happiness.
I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
If we don't embrace a low carbon economy this decade, it won't just harm the planet, but also the U. S. economy.
That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.
This book will not harm you unless someone throws it at you which is a possibilty never to be discounted.
Resentment is at work when one so hates somebody for his more favorable circumstances that one is prepared to bear heavy losses if only the hated one might also come to harm. Many of those who attack capitalism know very well that their situation under any other economic system will be less favorable.
Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.
I say thank God for government waste. If government is doing bad things, it's only the waste that prevents the harm from being greater.
There are times when even justice brings harm with it.
That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.
Prostitution myths justify the existence of prostitution, promote misinformation about prostitution, and contribute to a social climate that exploits and harms not only prostituted women but all women.
Don't drink fluoridated water. . . Fluoride is a corrosive poison which will produce harm on a long term basis.
Don't be overly concerned about your heirs. Usually, unearned funds do them more harm than good.
The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept their law and any appropriation of his goods, is no sin at all.
That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.
Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.
Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?
I'll do what I can to promote the greater good. If you can harm one person to save 1,000, I'm gonna do it every f**king time.
We voluntary participate in things that we know are causing us harm because we believe we're powerless to do anything about it.