Conscience Quotes

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From the ethical point of view, no one can escape responsibility with the excuse that he is only an individual, on whom the fate of… — Gyorgy Lukacs
What should we do? We have no wish to interrupt the destroyer's work of saving lives... But war is war and the people being picked… — Martin Niemoller
Conscience reigns but it does not govern. — Paul Valery
Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience — Thomas a Kempis
God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as… — Robert South
We believe in a moral code. Communism denies innate right or wrong. As W. Cleon Skousen has said in his timely book, The Naked Communist:… — Ezra Taft Benson
The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of… — Raymond B. Fosdick
Your true value is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment. — Bob Burg
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since… — Pio of Pietrelcina
The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination all these evils are far… — Rene Cassin
As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has, in a sense, served as the nation's conscience,… — David Shi
A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming… — Ellen Key
We ought to be very cautious in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous… — Baron de Montesquieu
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. — Horace
Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand… — Horace
The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that gives… — Michel de Montaigne
Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep. — Michel de Montaigne
The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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