Conscience Quotes

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I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. — William Butler Yeats
I believe you have to nurture your conscience. — Loretta Young
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his… — C.S. Lewis
Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which… — Dorothy Allison
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the… — James Joyce
Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us. — Jim Carroll
Conscience doth make cowards of us all. — William Shakespeare
I know how people are, with their habits of mind. Most will sail through from cradle to grave with a conscience clean as snow...I know… — Barbara Kingsolver
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of… — Jodi Picoult
What does your conscience say? â€” 'You should become the person you are'. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under… — C.S. Lewis
There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It is all so… — Annie Dillard
The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. — William Shakespeare
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. — William Shakespeare
It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards. — Marjane Satrapi
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make… — Martin Luther
I envy you your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. Little girl, a memory without blot of contamination must be an exquisite… — Charlotte Bronte
Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour. — Thomas Jefferson
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi

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