Quotes About Conscience

He is worse than the others, I show. He is worst of all of them. Because– Because he knew he was doing wrong. He felt the pain of his actions– But he did not amend them, shows the Sky. The rest are worth as much as their pack animals, I show, but worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.

People with really stiff morals are easier to tip over.

Doing what's right should be easy.

Doing what's right should be easy. It shouldn't be just another big mess like everything else.

Do all these things, but do not pretend there is a must. That is how evil is rationalized

I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

I smiled back at him and for a second I almost felt guilty about how I'd written the receipt. I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

I decided that he was not an altogether bad fellow. I smiled back at him and for a second I almost felt guilty about how I'd written the receipt. I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

I'm not particularly religious, but I do have a vestigial sense of propriety. And

I knew that he was trying to do me a favor, and a few days ago I would have jumped at the opportunity for free shoes. But for some reason I didn't feel right about it. I quietly gathered up my things and left a pair of copper jots on his stool before I left. Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough.

Decidí que el tipo no era tan mala persona. Le devolví la sonrisa y, por un instante, casi me sentí culpable por lo que había escrito en el recibo. También me sentí culpable por las tres plumas que le había robado, pero el malestar solo me duró unos segundos. Y como no había ninguna forma conveniente de devolvérselas, antes de marcharme le robé un tintero.

Ah, qué triste resultaba para un hombre cabal verse obligado a seguir caminos tan sinuosos! ¡Qué triste manchar de aquel modo tan sórdido lo más valioso que el hombree posee, su propio honor!

How awful, that an honest man should feel compelled to travel such crooked paths! How awful, that the most precious thing a man possesses, his own honor, should be sullied by such shabby dealings!

How awful, that an honest man should feel compelled to travel such crooked paths!

If you do not consider the man before you to be human, there are few restraints of conscience on your behavior towards him.

For if you do not consider the man before you to be human, there are few constraints of conscience on your behavior towards him.

The serial killer Gary Gilmore summed up the attitude of someone without moral feelings: "I was always capable of murder.… I can become totally devoid of feelings of others, unemotional. I know I'm doing something grossly fucking wrong. I can still go ahead and do it.

I shall continue to quote Dr. Fox: 'But within the academic game of science it is all too easy for the researcher to lose himself in an irrelevant problem, in an intellectual mind-game that may give him the prestige of widespread scientific publication. And he may forget how many animals died for him on his ego trip. A man of science must also be a man of conscience and integrity, constantly assessing the purpose and ethics of his work, whether it involves animals or human subjects.

A lot of what people call nice behavior is really fear, cowardice, and even sin in disguise. Many women are nice not because they truly care about other people, but because they fear conflict and rejection. That's not peacemaking. That's peace-faking, and their God-given consciences have been telling them this truth for a long time.

Justice comes from the soul.

your alarm that is your conscience only sounds based on the standard that your heart has surrendered to. This means that a good and godly moral value system will all your conscience to function properly, but a bad and self-centered moral value system will mean that your conscience will do you harm.

Cain is in each of us. We lose our temper, feel cornered and frightened, it can be the work of an instant. But to savour murder - that's not the prompting of Cain, that's Satan!

There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.

There are only two things that are worthwhile: good music and a clear conscience.