Conscience Quotes

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Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be.… — George Eliot
Do not be irritated either with those who sin or those who offend; do not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbour,… — John of Kronstadt
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience. — Friedrich Schiller
A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first. — Mark Twain
Conscience, man's moral medicine chest. — Mark Twain
In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money. — Mark Twain
The only guide to man is his conscience. — Winston Churchill
The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most. — Erich Fromm
My dominion ends where that of conscience begins. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not. — Thomas a Kempis
The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men. — Thomas a Kempis
Man's conscience is the oracle of God. — Lord Byron
Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by… — Tryon Edwards
We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience. — Tryon Edwards
Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's… — Henry Clay Trumbull
But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his conscience? — Muhammad Asad
As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then… — Aung San Suu Kyi
In late modernity we grow more and more accustomed to politicians and public figures who are indebted to their appetites for their "values," to their… — Kenny Smith
Mind is the Soul speaking and Conscience is the Spirit speaking. — Ian Gardner
I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin… — Ernest Hemingway

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