Conscience Quotes

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Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience. — William Shakespeare
Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence. — Saint Augustine
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience. — Euripides
Until you guys own your own souls you don't own mine. Until you guys can be trusted every time and always, in all times and… — Raymond Chandler
He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done… — Jostein Gaarder
You never forget about things you've done that you know you shouldn't have done. They hang around your mind, linger like a thief casing a… — Cecelia Ahern
I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars,… — David Mitchell
Laziness and cowardice explain why so many men. . . remain under a life-long tutelage and why it is so easy for some men to… — Immanuel Kant
A good conscience is eight parts of courage. — Robert Louis Stevenson
This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey. It leaves a footprint. It… — Joel Salatin
I am not so naÃ¯ve as to believe that this slim volume will change the course of history or shake the conscience of the world.… — Elie Wiesel
A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must… — Martha Stout
Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a… — Oscar Wilde
Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of… — Tad Williams
Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone. Only those whose… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In his heart every man knows quite well that, being unique, he will be in the world only once and that no imaginable chance will… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes -all of them. They must remain standing because they are a… — Rod Serling
We compromise ourselves the day we are born. If we are looking for the original sin, there it is- our incapacity to live honestly with… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get… — Hugh Howey

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