Conscience Quotes

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There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey,… — Viktor E. Frankl
A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience. — Jesse Ventura
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure. — B. C. Forbes
Science sans conscience n' est que le ruine de l'Ã¢me. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruine of the soule. — Francois Rabelais
The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of… — Robert Andrews Millikan
Conscience is wiser than science. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Society rests upon conscience, not upon science. — Henri Frederic Amiel
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own -… — Abraham Lincoln
I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his… — Abraham Lincoln
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell. — Bertrand Russell
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility… — Ammon Hennacy
I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities. — Ambrose Bierce
For dignity of character, consciousness is needed, not conscience and that's the function of meditation. Meditation does not give you any character directly. It does… — Rajneesh
Meditation is the art of awareness. And once you are aware, out of your awareness your actions will arise - not out of conscience. Conscience… — Rajneesh
I believe I once considerably scandalized her by declaring that clear soup was a more important factor in life than a clear conscience. — Hector Hugh Munro
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems… — Nelson Mandela
It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh, thrice guilty is he who. . .drove her to… — Susan B. Anthony
Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother. Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of… — Mother Teresa

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