Conscience Quotes
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"The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925."
"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right."
"A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory."
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."
"Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully."
"I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart"
"Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us."
"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority."
"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul."
"Science without conscience is the soul's perdition."
"An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a divine dissatisfaction with our miserable social environment."
"Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything."
"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 leaves a legacy. To eat with reckless abandon, without conscience, without knowledge; folks, this ain't normal."
"Conscience is thus explained only as the voice of God in the soul."
"When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate."
"I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards."
"A truly good person will speak truth, act with truth, and stand for Truth. A truly good person is not afraid to think from their heart; therefore, allowing nonconformist decisions, viewpoints, and perspectives to lead their life. By following their heart, they stand with their conscience, and only with God."
"The highest court is in the end one’s own conscience and conviction—that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist—and before any science there is first of all belief."
"If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly see him because truth is already alive in their hearts. Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them. He who does not have Truth in his heart, will always be blind to it."
"Regardless of your chosen faith, at the end of your life's journey, your heart will be measured in two ways. One, the weight of your conscience must far outweigh the weight of a feather. Two, any impurities in your heart must weigh no more than one feather."
"...Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is authority based on falsehood, whereas science is authority based on truth. Man should be governed by science alone.""And conscience,"added the bishop."It's the same thing. Conscience is the quota of innate science we each have inside us."
"You are not just for the right or left, but for what is right over the wrong."
"Stand up for your conscience. Use light to reveal what is concealed in the darkness. Use truth to fight the lies, and the heart to fight the mind."
"Before hurting an animal, feel her pain and see her tears. Then question your conscience."
"In this sense every serious choice has a tragicomic dimension. For it is impossible to be a human being without choosing, and it is impossible to choose without value denials, and it is impossible to deny values without guilt. That is a very simple though, but it forms the core definition of guilt: an awareness of significant value loss for which I know myself to be responsible. Guilt is the self-knowing of moral loss."
"There is no conscience in a real war."
"We awaken by asking the right questions. We awaken when we see knowledge being spread that goes against our own personal experiences. We awaken when we see popular opinion being wrong but accepted as being right, and what is right being pushed as being wrong. We awaken by seeking answers in corners that are not popular. And we awaken by turning on the light inside when everything outside feels dark."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"UNDIVIDEDI am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am forOne peaceful world for all,Where hate has been overcome by love,And everyone is guided only By their conscience."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"The body of truth has a much larger data base than the conscience of lies."
"Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping."
"Nobody can turn you into a slave unless you allow them. Nobody can make you afraid of anything, unless you allow them. Nobody can tell you to do something wrong, unless you allow them. God never created you to be a slave, man did. God never created division or set up any borders between brothers, man did. God never told you hurt or kill another, man did. So why is man your god, and not the Creator?"
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"The language of light can only be decoded by the heart."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Ignoring your conscience is the first violation of Truth."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Always listen to your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"God is my only leader. Truth is my only sword. Guided only by my conscience, I am a true citizen of the world."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Truth will never imprison you. Only the repression of your conscience will. This is what is meant by 'THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE'."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"TRUTHWhenever you stand up For your conscience, Be prepared to be hated By the wicked. But never, ever,Let that scare you;For whenever you Stand up for God, By him, You are loved."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"He who stands by his heart has God in him. Our conscience is what unites us with God."
"Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself."
"You govern people, you do good and bad things.If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside."
"Fear nothing but your conscience."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"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 conditions, to seek the truth out and find it and let the chips fall where they may—until that time comes, I have the right to listen to my conscience, and protect my client the best way I can. Until I'm sure you won't do him more harm than you'll do the truth good. Or until I'm hauled before somebody that can make me talk."
"A conscious human is driven by their conscience, not popular opinion."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life's seasons."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Always be truthful and you will have fewer visits from regret, guilt or fear."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"The Weight of One Feather"Given.Many fear deathBecause they alreadyFeel ridden with sin,But no man on this earthIs filled with only white lightWithin.Have more faithIn our Maker,For our souls and mindsWere created by Him.Just remember that,When your deedsAre measuredBy the scale – The good sideMust outweighThe bad,And your heartMust be as lightAs a featherTo win."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives."
"We must imagine our lives well. We must engage our conscience. Conscience is the voice of God in the nature and heart of man."
"Fear only one person that is God, listen to only one voice that is your conscience”."
"Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means you have a conscience."
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