Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

— TS Eliot

“Everyone crossed themselves at the mention of the IRS. Street gangs and the mob paled in comparison to fear of the tax code.”

— Janet Evanovich

No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.

— Stefan Zweig

It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Formerly, a nation that broke the peace, did not trouble to try and prove to the world that it was done solely from higher…

— Ellen Key

As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to…

— James P Comer

If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would…

— Charlotte Bronte

The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde,…

— Tom Hodgkinson

“If we cannot be happy and powerful and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience.

— Guy de Rothschild

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

— Izaak Walton

My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things.

— Syd

Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.

— Martin Firrell

“Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.”

— Rabelaise

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

— Denis Waitley