“An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular.”

“Judgment is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all? To prohibit what they think pernicious is not claiming exemption from error, but fulfilling the duty incumbent on them, although fallible, of acting on their conscientious conviction. If we were never to act on our opinions, because those opinions ‘lay be wrong, we should leave all our interests uncared for, and all our duties unperformed. An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular.”

“...a life in which conduct does not fairly well accord with principles is a silly life; and that conduct can only be made to accord with principles by means of daily examination, reflection, and resolution.”

“Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.”

“Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.”

“Moral conduct,or duty,is defined as the obligation to select that action which will achieve more good than any alternative action....”