Quotes About Conscience

he had been filled with terror lest other eyes should look upon it. It had brought melancholy across his passions. Its mere memory had marred many moments of joy. It had been like conscience to him. Yes, it had been conscience. He would destroy it.

There is a luxury in self-reproach.

I have always been my own master; had at least always been so, till I met Dorian Gray. Then - but I don't know how to explain it to you. Something seemed to tell me that I was on the verge of a terrible crisis in my life. I had a strange feeling that Fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows. I grew afraid, and turned to quit the room. It was not conscience that made me do so: it was a sort of cowardice. I take no credit to myself for trying to escape.

Sumienie i tchórzostwo to to samo. Sumienie to po prostu nazwa firmowa. Nic wiÄ™cej.

want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

I see and approve of the better, but I follow the worse.

Her clear conscience mocked rumour's mendacity, But we are a mob prone to credit sin.

Siqua metu dempto casta est, ea denique casta est; quae, quia non liceat, non facit, illa facit

Ceza kald?r?labilir; ama suç insan?n içinde sonsuza kadar yaÅŸar.

Evil will win if good people do nothing.

There was a moment's suspense while Conscience and Sheer Wickedness fought the matter out inside him, and then Conscience, which had started on the encounter without enthusiasm, being obviously flabby and out of condition, threw up the sponge.

Conscia mens recti, nec si sinit esse dolorem Sed revocare gradum.

Soy un poeta sin ningún precepto pero digo, sin lástima y sin pena: no hay asesino bueno en mi concepto.

The great scriptures of yoga ? The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras, and The Upanishads ? clearly describe how the subtle causes of external war emanate from the internal world. The real causes of war lie rooted in the individual's unwillingness to listen to the voice of the heart, the inner conscience.

Society's law was lax compared to the law of conscience

men of the modern world exist in a continual and flagrant antagonism between their consciences and their way of life."1 There

One has to feel strong revulsion toward the wrong feeling one now has or is likely to have and at the same time strong attraction to good feeling that one does not now feel.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. For Langdon, the meaning of these words had never felt so clear: In dangerous times, there is no sin greater than inaction.

When a question has no correct answer; there is only one honest response.

Memento mori ," the monarch whispered. "Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making our lives masterpieces. We must seize every opportunity to show kindness and to love fully. I see in your eyes that you have your mother's generous soul. Your conscience will be your guide. When life is dark, let your heart show you the way.

Dante Alighieri. The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making our lives masterpieces. We must seize every opportunity to show kindness and to love fully. I see in your eyes that you have your mother's generous soul. Your conscience will be your guide. When life is dark, let your heart show you the way.

darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

I love the gray area between right and wrong.