- First do no harm (Hippocrates, Methodists).
- Do not cause disasters through irresponsibility, negligence, inaction or not caring. Guilt is harder to bear than harming yourself.
- Honesty is the foundation of everything else.
- Study ethics.
- Collect your favorite maxims.
- Responsibility is an honor.
- Do not confuse “pleasure” with “joy.”
- Accept wisdom wherever you find it: little children, bums, animals.
- Treat all people well, especially the retarded, unsightly, and troubled. You’ll be filling an important need, feel good about being a kind rather than mean person, and being big enough to not be fearful of being tainted by association; plus they are likely to be an angel in disguise.
- My top values: honesty, self-criticalness, respect, responsibility, organization, effort, resourcefulness, service, caring, courage, playfulness, simple pleasures,
- Most great people have been unabashed moralists who explicitly studied and tried to practice moral and ethical behavior: Socrates, Aristotle (“ethics”), Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard’s Almanac), George Washington (“Rules of Civility”), Teddy Roosevelt …
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