You just look at the world, and you see things unraveling, and you say, 'I wonder what we ought to do?' Things are seldom crystal clear.
James F. Amos
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
Aristotle
An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.
John Ashcroft
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
Mary Astell
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
W. H. Auden
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
Saint Augustine
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
Jane Austen
Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.
Avicenna
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Francis Bacon
To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not just to like how it... →
Julian Baggini