--- title: "27 Bad Conscience Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 27 Bad Conscience quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Bad Conscience sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/alois-brunner-105390_bad_i-have-no-bad-conscience-2006377_2006377.png" --- > [I have no bad conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alois-brunner/i-have-no-bad-conscience/) [Alois Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alois-brunner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/alois-brunner-105390_bad_i-have-no-bad-conscience-2006377_2006377.png) > [“- a bad conscience is indeed able to make life interesting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-ren-kierkegaard/a-bad-conscience-is-indeed-able-to-make-life-interesting/) [Søren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-ren-kierkegaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/s-ren-kierkegaard-1686_conscience_a-bad-conscience-is-indeed-able-to-make_734471.jpg) > [Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-kraus/blushing-palpitations-a-bad-conscience-this-is-what-you-get-if-you/) [Karl Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-kraus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/karl-kraus-1128_blushing_blushing-palpitations-a-bad-conscience-t_2115821.png) > [“No flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/no-flattery-can-heal-a-bad-conscience-so-no-slander-can-hurt-a-good/) [Thomas Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/thomas-watson-4209_conscience_no-flattery-can-heal-a-bad-conscience-so_1689256.png) > [The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/the-torture-of-a-bad-conscience-is-the-hell-of-a-living-soul/) [John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/john-calvin-490_conscience_the-torture-of-a-bad-conscience-is-the-h_1830827.jpg) > [“The philosopher has to be the bad conscience of his age.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-philosopher-has-to-be-the-bad-conscience-of-his-age/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/friedrich-nietzsche-15_conscience_the-philosopher-has-to-be-the-bad-consci_279059.jpg) > [Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-strindberg/religion-must-be-a-punishment-because-nobody-gets-religion-who-does/) [August Strindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-strindberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/august-strindberg-3638_conscience_religion-must-be-a-punishment-because-no_1116796.png) > [It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/it-is-easier-to-cope-with-a-bad-conscience-than-with-a-bad-reputation/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/friedrich-nietzsche-15_bad-reputation_it-is-easier-to-cope-with-a-bad-conscien_1261260.jpg) > [A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/a-bad-conscience-is-easier-to-cope-with-than-a-bad-reputation/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/friedrich-nietzsche-15_bad-reputation_a-bad-conscience-is-easier-to-cope-with_2912199.jpg) > [I know I am not only the bad conscience of the Nazis. I am also the bad conscience of the Jews. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-wiesenthal/i-know-i-am-not-only-the-bad-conscience-of-the-nazis-i-am-also-the/) [Simon Wiesenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-wiesenthal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/simon-wiesenthal-15990_conscience_i-know-i-am-not-only-the-bad-conscience_3188105.jpg) > [The worst thing that can happen to a good teacher is to get a bad conscience about her profession because she feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-to-a-good-teacher-is-to-get-a-bad/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/william-james-228_art_the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-to-a-goo_237518.png) > [Since I have introduced this term I had always a bad conscience. . . . I cannot help to feel it strongly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/since-i-have-introduced-this-term-i-had-always-a-bad-conscience-i/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/albert-einstein-33_astronomy_since-i-have-introduced-this-term-i-had_2704889.jpg) > [Every one of us has a bad conscience, which he tries to escape by going to sleep as quickly as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/every-one-of-us-has-a-bad-conscience-which-he-tries-to-escape-by/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/franz-kafka-214_conscience_every-one-of-us-has-a-bad-conscience-whi_2295904.jpg) > [It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/it-s-complicated-being-an-american-having-the-money-and-the-bad/) [Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/louis-simpson-36946_complicated_it-s-complicated-being-an-american-havin_381284.png) > [Phychical pain is more easily borne than physical; and if I had my choice between a bad conscience and a bad tooth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/phychical-pain-is-more-easily-borne-than-physical-and-if-i-had-my/) [Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/heinrich-heine-1170_choices_phychical-pain-is-more-easily-borne-than_2076335.jpg) > [No one ever wants to see his or her name linked to anything bad. Conscience is like a baby. It has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-mackay/no-one-ever-wants-to-see-his-or-her-name-linked-to-anything-bad/) [Harvey Mackay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-mackay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/harvey-mackay-1775_baby_no-one-ever-wants-to-see-his-or-her-name_1805118.png) > [We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logan-pearsall-smith/we-grow-with-years-more-fragile-in-body-but-morally-stutter-and-can/) [Logan Pearsall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logan-pearsall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/logan-pearsall-smith-3950_body_we-grow-with-years-more-fragile-in-body_1540283.png) > [Man, full of emptiness and torn apart with homesickness for the desert has had to create from within himself an adventure, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/man-full-of-emptiness-and-torn-apart-with-homesickness-for-the-desert/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/friedrich-nietzsche-15_adventure_man-full-of-emptiness-and-torn-apart-wit_2262217.jpg) > [Formerly, a nation that broke the peace, did not trouble to try and prove to the world that it was done solely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-key/formerly-a-nation-that-broke-the-peace-did-not-trouble-to-try-and/) [Ellen Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-key/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/ellen-key-6012_balance_formerly-a-nation-that-broke-the-peace-d_305853.png) > [“I remember the dog at home, when I was a girl; the one that killed chickens. They tied a dead hen around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-jansson/i-remember-the-dog-at-home-when-i-was-a-girl-the-one-that-killed/) [Tove Jansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-jansson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/tove-jansson-1846_cruel_i-remember-the-dog-at-home-when-i-was-a_661473.jpg) > [“The word "avant-garde," for example, despite its note of impartiality, generally serves to dismiss-as though by a shrug of the shoulders-any work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-robbe-grillet/the-word-avant-garde-for-example-despite-its-note-of-impartiality/) [Alain Robbe-Grillet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-robbe-grillet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/alain-robbe-grillet-35989_avant-garde_the-word-avant-garde-for-example-despite_1054082.jpg) > [“I always had a bad conscience whenever vehicles had to stop because of me, a kind of imbalance arose, I felt as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-ove-knausgaard/i-always-had-a-bad-conscience-whenever-vehicles-had-to-stop-because/) [Karl Ove Knausgaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-ove-knausgaard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/karl-ove-knausgaard-21990_ethics_i-always-had-a-bad-conscience-whenever-v_1606083.jpg) > [In the West, people don't have any real problems. It's all based on bad conscience, a very Christian notion. I don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/in-the-west-people-don-t-have-any-real-problems-it-s-all-based-on-bad/) [Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/marjane-satrapi-1702_am_in-the-west-people-don-t-have-any-real-p_324141.jpg) > [''Just think, never to be glad or disappointed. Never to like anyone and get cross at him and forgive him. Never to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-jansson/just-think-never-to-be-glad-or-disappointed-never-to-like-anyone-and/) [Tove Jansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-jansson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/tove-jansson-1846_ache_just-think-never-to-be-glad-or-disappoin_2026167.jpg) > [Our diplomacy ended up giving a bad conscience to an international community capable only of expressing noble sentiments while doing nothing, ..…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-juppe/our-diplomacy-ended-up-giving-a-bad-conscience-to-an-international/) [Alain Juppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-juppe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/alain-juppe-39321_action_our-diplomacy-ended-up-giving-a-bad-cons_2597597.png) > [“At this point, I can no longer avoid setting out, in an initial, provisional statement, my own hypothesis about the origin of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/at-this-point-i-can-no-longer-avoid-setting-out-in-an-initial/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/friedrich-nietzsche-15_cause-and-effect_at-this-point-i-can-no-longer-avoid-sett_2085267.jpg) > [“if one doesn’t have a character like Abraham Lincoln or Joan of Arc, a diet simply disintegrates into eating exactly what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-one-doesn-t-have-a-character-like-abraham-lincoln-or-joan-of-arc-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/anonymous-1_abraham_if-one-doesn-t-have-a-character-like-abr_1360358.jpg) ## Top authors on Bad Conscience - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-conscience/friedrich-nietzsche/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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I consider bad conscience the profound illness which human beings had to come down with, under the pressure of the most fundamental of all the changes which they experienced—that change when they finally found themselves locked within the confines of society and peace. Just like the things water animals must have gone though when they were forced either to become land animals or to die off, so events must have played themselves out with this half-beast so happily adapted to the wilderness, war, wandering around, adventure—suddenly all its instincts were devalued and “disengaged.” From this point on, these animals were to go on foot and “carry themselves”; whereas previously they had been supported by the water. A terrible heaviness weighed them down. In performing the simplest things they felt ungainly. In dealing with this new unknown world, they no longer had their old leader, the ruling unconscious drives which guided them safely. These unfortunate creatures were reduced to thinking, inferring, calculating, bringing together cause and effect, reduced to their “consciousness,” their most impoverished and error-prone organ! I believe that on earth there has never been such a feeling of misery, such a leaden discomfort—while at the same time those old instincts had not all at once stopped imposing their demands! Only it was difficult and seldom possible to do their bidding. 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