"Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing."

"Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years."

"Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world. So in that sense he's a universalist."

"We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment."

"I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them."

"To master the mind is to understand that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"Faith is the heroism of the intellect."

"Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth."