Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-06-10 Jun 10, 2002Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.~ Lydia M. ChildThe safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.~ Voltaire Jun 7, 2002The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.~ Raymond ChandlerThere is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Jun 6, 2002Law and justice are not always the same.~ Gloria SteinemLaws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.~ Chinese Proverb Jun 5, 2002Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.~ PlatoGood men must not obey the laws too well.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Jun 4, 2002If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.~ Rene DescartesReality is not always probable, or likely.~ Jorge Luis Borges Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print