Character Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The co-called moral compass is a part of the human cognition, and when that compass comes into action through human behavior, it turns an…

— Abhijit Naskar

Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason,…

— Charles Darwin

Conscience. Conscience is the ultimate measure of a man.

— G. Willow Wilson

The moral sense is a natural faculty in us like the sense of smell or of touch.

— Peter Kropotkin

Conscience is what? It is putting together a moral act and a moral ideal, and measuring the act by the ideal. It is putting…

— Lyman Abbott

“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

Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions…

— Jonathan Swift

The strongest feelings assigned to the conscience are not moral feelings at all; they express merely physical antipathies.

— George Santayana

Conscience is a great moralist inside us with a stick in its hand. It is a whip of virtue which oppresses us unmercifully when…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan