Conscience Quote by Sigmund Freud

Conscience is the internal perception of the reaction of a particular wish operating within us

— Sigmund Freud

Conscience is that which hurts when everything else feels marvelous.

— Leopold Stokowski

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good

— Anonymous

Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.

— Thomas Merton

Conscience is a creator of meaning. As a sense of constraint rooted in our emotional ties to one another, it prevents life from devolving…

— Martha Stout

We must imagine our lives well. We must engage our conscience. Conscience is the voice of God in the nature and heart of man.

— Laura Kasischke

Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.

— Henry Taylor

“A conscience is a self-reproaching program that is installed in us, not by nature, but by our culture.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.

— Mason Cooley

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

— George Bancroft

“Conscience is the endowment that senses our congruence or disparity with correct principles and lifts us toward them—when it’s in shape.”

— Stephen R. Covey