a problem of the soul, a heaviness of the heart, a…

It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders –…

— Sarah Waters

“No weight in her pockets and far too much heaviness in her heart.”

— Amy Harmon

Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.

— Bahá'u'lláh

Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving…

— Rachel Kushner

Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul.

— Gottfried Leibniz

“The main fault is our own, which proves that no one else is guilty. What is the mystery behind this? If Soul does a…

— Dada Bhagwan

[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice… Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without…

— Hesketh Pearson

Never can true courage dwell with them, Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look At their own vices.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“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