Conscience Quotes

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No man ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes: yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety,… — Henry David Thoreau
Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. — Anne Lamott
What a fate: to be condemned to work for a firm where the slightest negligence at once gave rise to the gravest suspicion! Were all… — Franz Kafka
Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion. — Khushwant Singh
There comes a time when a man finds himself in front of a dark uncrossable abyss, which he himself has spent years digging. He cannot… — Ivo Andric
Scott: Friends don't let friends drive drunk. Nora: Are you trying to appeal to my conscience? Scott: How can you turn down a once-in-a-lifetime chance… — Becca Fitzpatrick
The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe. — Frederick Douglass
The American conscience died with the Kennedys. — Frank Miller
Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man… — William Shakespeare
There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude… — Pablo Neruda
Writerâ€™s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have… — Joseph Campbell
â€Ž''Just think, never to be glad or disappointed. Never to like anyone and get cross at him and forgive him. Never to sleep or feel… — Tove Jansson
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself. — Robert Ludlum
That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear? — Kristin Cashore
Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society. — James A. Baldwin
There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? Trout plundered… — Kurt Vonnegut
When people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is, 'you like stuff.' Which is not a good insult at all, like, 'you are too… — John Green
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in… — Edmond Rostand
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then?… — Henry David Thoreau
I keep trying to forget, but I must remember. And gather the scattered continents of a self, once whole. Before they plant flags and boundary… — Saul Williams

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