Always do right –– this will gratify some

and astonish the rest.

––Mark Twain

The recognition of the sanctity of life of every

man is the first and only basis of all morality.

––Leo Tolstoy

The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom,

power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear

giants and ethical infants.

––General Omar Bradley

Nothing is politically right

which is morally wrong.

––Daniel O’Connell

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad,

I feel bad. That is my religion.

––Abraham Lincoln

A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually

on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis

is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had

to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope

of reward after death.

––Albert Einstein

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death

can erase our good deeds.

––Buddha

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of

much of life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good,

be good for something.

 ––Henry David Thoreau

Never let your sense of morals get in the way

of doing what’s right.

––Isaac Asimov

He who is too busy doing good finds

no time to be good.

––Rabindranath Tagore

We are here on earth to do good for others.

What the others are here for, I don’t know.

 ––W.H. Auden

I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in

public or private life, a pure integrity is the value we take

first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only

the second.

––Thomas Jefferson

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the

 pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can

be removed from this realm: by lying or by being lied to.

––Seneca

(Each week this column features quotations gleaned from the readings and experiences of our editors, reporters, readers, and friends. All are invited to submit quotations for inclusion here. They may be sent to Gleanings, c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470 or emailed to editor@thebee.com.)