When I do good, I feel good.
When I do bad, I feel bad.
That's my religion.
- Abraham Lincoln
About morals: I know only that
what is moral is what you feel good after
and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
- Ernest Hemingway
Needless to say, the Lincoln/Hemingway test for whether an action is moral only applies to people who are fundamentally moral.
If you look for the bad in people
expecting to find it, you surely will.
- Abraham Lincoln
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree,
I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
- Abraham Lincoln
When I am getting ready to reason with a man,
I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself
and what I am going to say
and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
- Abraham Lincoln
Further Lincoln quotes: Power Tests Integrity
The Freedom of Others
Planting Flowers
Making Friends of Enemies
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