Conscience Quotes

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In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. — Thomas de Quincey
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences. — James Ussher
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?… — A. E. Housman
Human beings "belong" to some minor comity or enclave of faith at the expense of the clarity and autarkia of their intelligence and conscience, of… — Kenny Smith
The force of a death should be enormous but how can you know what kind of man you've killed or who was the braver and… — Don DeLillo
In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at… — Kofi Annan
So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if… — Robert Barclay
Academic freedom really means freedom of inquiry. To be able to probe according to one's own interest, knowledge and conscience is the most important freedom… — Donald Kennedy
In restating this basic Christian doctrine, Benedict argues that it is not only for Christians alone. Others may not share the Christian faith in God,… — Raymond J. de Souza
In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights of another man;… — Samuel Johnson
To live his life in his own way, to call his house his castle, to enjoy the fruits of his own labour, to educate his… — C.S. Lewis
As a Christian, you can enjoy life because your conscience is clear. You can enjoy life because you are secure within God's love. — Rick Warren
And if you love the light, then you come to the light to be proved, and tried whether your works be wrought in God. But… — Margaret Fell
The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by… — William Penn
The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to them. Hungry hearts… — Martin Luther
By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I… — Miguel de Cervantes
The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption… — John Bunyan
If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We… — Antonin Scalia
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the… — Ida B. Wells
It is the music in our conscience, the dance in our spirit, to which Puritan litanies, moral sermons, and goody goodness wonâ€™t chime. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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