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Harming Quotes

On harm, its causes, and the ethics of avoiding it.

These harming quotes examine the real Consequence of harmful actions, from teachers who fail students to overconsumption that strains the planet's resources.

The dos are drink lots of water, get enough fibre and carbs as well, as they are important. The don'ts are don't be too extreme with any diet; it can really end up harming your system and immunity.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

There are far too many ineffective teachers and, in particular, far too many truly terrible teachers who are harming children and poisoning the system.

Quotes by Whitney Tilson

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

Quotes by Steven Seagal

Action Quotes

The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations - so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from...

Quotes by Sam Graves

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others...

Quotes by Peter Singer

Our right to practice our faith freely is respected up to the point where doing so involves harming others.

Quotes by Pete Buttigieg

Animals don't have anyone to protect them. If we don't stand up, the people who are harming animals will never get stopped.

Quotes by Paul Rodriguez

Morality is often seen as an innovation, like agriculture and writing. From this perspective, babies are pint-sized psychopaths, self-interested beings who need to be taught moral notions such as the wrongness of harming another person.

Quotes by Paul Bloom

Conflict Quotes

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless...

Quotes by Lesley Manville

The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick.

Quotes by Laura Mennell

I hope to bring much more attention to important issues and change for issues and practices that are harming animals.

Quotes by Kesha

Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.

Quotes by Jose Mujica

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.

Quotes by Jose Marti

Consequence Quotes

I do believe there's a human right to experiment with your consciousness, as long as you're harming no one else.

Quotes by Jon Hopkins

Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea?

Quotes by Jenny McCarthy

I have always been of the opinion that when those in power are promoting actions and ideals that risk harming or impeding us, people should stand up to this.

Quotes by Jean-Michel Jarre

When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.

Quotes by Jayma Mays

People have the right to know the drugs they are taking will make them better instead of harming them.

Quotes by Gene Green

Emotion Quotes

Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy.

Quotes by Fred Upton

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Frequently Asked Questions

What criticism of teachers appears in these quotes?
One quote states there are far too many ineffective teachers, including some genuinely bad ones whose presence hurts students and undermines the education system as a whole.
How do these quotes connect non-violence to harming other beings?
One quote claims non-violence leads to the highest ethics, adding that as long as people keep hurting other living creatures, humanity hasn't really moved past a savage state.
What environmental concern involving harm is raised in these quotes?
One quote questions whether the planet has enough resources for seven or eight billion people to consume at the level seen in rich societies, describing that hyper-consumption level as harming.
How are freedoms and harm connected in these quotes?
One quote states that freedoms and privileges "prevail or are imperiled together," arguing you cannot harm or achieve one without affecting all of them. Related themes appear in Consequence quotes.
What range of harm do these quotes cover?
The quotes span harm to children through poor teaching, harm to living beings through violence, harm from overconsumption, and harm to shared freedoms, showing how widely the concept applies.

One quote frames non-violence as the path to the highest ethics, arguing harm holds back real progress. Explore more in our Action and Conflict quotes.