Quotes About Conscience

It must be a hard thing to kill a man you don't know and don't hate.

In times of war, don't touch the guns; stay as a human! Always refuse to be a killer!

There is a relentless war between good and evil which has to be fought whether one likes it or not.

If you are not a Conchie, what are you man?' demanded the Major.After some moments' thought, Francis said, 'I am a human being who does not believe in killing my fellow man for insufficient reason.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war

Misguided good men are more dangerous than honest bad men. It is because they are seen as good that, in and by good conscience, the mob will always, stubbornly back them without question.

How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord's bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his destruction frightened me.

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

Never forget that turning a blind eye to oppression and watching from the sidelines is itself opression

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom and power without conscience.

Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Conscience is God present in man.

The shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.

Morality is the weakness of the mind.

Everyone has his own conscience, and there should be no rules about how a conscience should function.

Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush retire.

I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

Laura had brought her sensitive conscience into the country with her, just as she had brought her umbrella, though so far she had not remembered to use either.

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

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 survival.