Harm principle Quotes

“A single thought, he considered, could do all sorts of harm. Harm to what, he wasn't sure, but he identified it as harm.”

“Evolution has taught them that pointless harm will ultimately harm themselves.”

“He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another”

“If they endangered us, they also saved us from danger. If they harmed us, we have harmed them.”

“When we harm others we harm ourselves”

“The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. ”

“Mogo living brings about true freedom. When you have the inner conviction to do the most good and the least harm, you are free to say no to media, social, and peer pressures. You are free from a nagging sense that your life does not have value or meaning. You are free to imagine and then create a truly successful (in the deepest meaning on the word) life. You are free to be at peace with yourself and all those whom your life touches.”

“You have the right to believe anything you want and any religion you want. You do not have the right to hurt, harm, punish, enslave, discriminate, torment, torture, or kill any human being or any living thing in any way, shape, or form. Everyone has the right to live, the right to think, and the right to enjoy the beauty and happiness of life without being harmed or harming others.”

“My view [is] that what morality boils down to is, 'Don’t harm, and do help.' And now the question is, 'Can creatures like chickens and cows be harmed?' And the answer is, 'Of course they can.' Consequently, I think it’s immoral to harm them. And that seems to me to provide a very strong moral reason to be vegetarian, to not wear leather... it seems to me that our treatment of animals is morally appalling... and that we ought to radically revise the way we live, precisely because they feel pain, they can be hurt, and we’re constantly hurting these creatures!”