Quotes About Conscience

Why is it that human beings are allowed to grow up without the necessary apparatus to make sound ethical decisions?

So finally we tumble into the abyss, we ask God why he has made us so feeble. But, in spite of ourselves, He replies through our consciences: 'I have made you too feeble to climb out of the pit, because i made you strong enough not to fall in.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

He who blushes is already guilty.

DoÄŸruluk yolunu seçiÅŸim, doÄŸru olma duygusundan çok gerçeÄŸi sevmeme dayan?r; gerçekten, uygulamada, eÄŸriyle doÄŸrunun soyut kavramlar?n? deÄŸil, vicdan?m?n ahlak alan?ndaki yolunu izledim. ÇoÄŸu kez, masal anlatt?m; ama pek az yalan söyledim.

It frequently happens that a villainous action does not torment us the instant we commit it, but on recollection, and sometimes even after a number of years have elapsed, for the remembrance of crimes is not to be extinguished.

Dès lors qu'elle dépend à la fois de sa propre conscience et des opinions des autres, il faut qu'elle apprenne à comparer ces deux règles, à les concilier, et à ne préférer la première que quand elles sont en opposition. [...] Rien de tout cela ne peut bien se faire sans cultiver son esprit ou sa raison.

Force is a physical power; I do not see how its effects could produce morality. To yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will; it is at best an act of prudence. In what sense can it be a moral duty?

mas también con la satisfacción interior, que experimentaba por vez primera, de poder decirme: "Merezco mi propia estimación; sé preferir mi deber a mi placer".

la conscience du coupable vengerait assez l'innocent. Sa prédiction n'a pas été vaine ; elle ne cesse pas un seul jour de s'accomplir.

Konunun içyüzünü, bildiklerimi yaln?zca adalet kurallar?na göre kullancak denli biliyor muyum? Dahas? var; baÅŸkalar?na borçlu bulunduklar?m?z?, yaln?zca gerçeÄŸe borçlu bulunduklar?m?z? gereÄŸince düÅŸündüm mü? Birini aldat?rken zarara düÅŸürmezsem, bu, kendime zarar vermiyorum demek midir? Kusursuz olmak için haks?zl?k etmemek yeter mi?

En vérité, je ne songeais guère à faire ni comme les autres ni autrement qu'eux. Je désirais sincèrement de faire ce qui était bien.

El que tales distinciones se hallen o no en los libros, no quita que se hagan en el corazón de todo hombre de buena fe consigo mismo, que no quiere permitir nada que su conciencia pueda reprocharle.

Somehow she had done wrong by trying to do right.

Oh, what a nuisance you are! I'm giving you my mouth, my arms, my whole body - and everything could be so simple...My trust! I haven't any to give, I'm afraid, and you're making me terribly embarrassed. You must have something pretty ghastly on your conscience to make such a fuss about my trusting you.

what we might call everyday morality is exclusive of ethical anguish.

And you know what wickedness is, and shame, and fear. There were days when you peered into yourself, into the secret places of your heart, and what you saw there made you faint with horror.

Being confronted with the realization that work you intended to benefit people is being used against them has a radicalizing effect.

I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work.

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?

My career strategy has never been the most important thing; my conscience is.

My poet's heart gives me strength to face political problems, particularly those which have a bearing on my conscience.

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.

Nothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil.