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113 Consciences quotes by 101 unique authors

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none. — George Bernard Shaw
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's… — Leo Tolstoy
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
I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don't know how many consciences. — Jean-Paul Sartre
The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes… — Martin Luther
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak. — John Stuart Mill
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities. — Naguib Mahfouz
The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. — Alan Moore
Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity, children dreamed, talked,… — Leonard Cohen
Even true believers had consciences, Too bad. — Tom Clancy
When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the… — Muhammad Yunus
when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort… — Mark Twain
personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences. — Antonio Tabucchi
Good girls hold their heads high by daylight, Their grace and their virtue soaring with kites, While bad girls slink along in their shame- Everyone… — Anna Godbersen
To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because… — David Mitchell
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
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
I don't trust Catholics," I said, "because they take advantage of you." "And Protestants?" he asked with a laugh. "I loathe the way they fumble… — Heinrich BÃ¶ll
The other thing Aron found about sensitive people is that sometimes they're highly empathic. It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other… — Susan Cain
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts… — Barbara Deming
Conservative evangelicals don't want government support for our faith, because we believe God created all consciences free and a state-coerced act of worship isn't acceptable… — Russell D. Moore
Rather than dull our consciences to the unmitigated violence of abortion, the passage of time has only enabled us to see and, frankly, better understand… — Chris Smith
The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard orthodoxy… — John Frame
In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion. — Robert Casey

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