Quotes About Conscience

For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity.

He had been one of the officials who kept the illegal list of homosexuals in that region with the same good conscience as when he ticketed store owners for neglecting dog turds on their sidewalks.

Peccant, qvia nihil peccant.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart with perpetual wounds; for reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repentance, shames the soul with confusion, and punishes it with torment.

Conscience is the voice of the soul.

There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.

There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible, as the conscious that dwells in the heart of every man.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

seorang terpelajar harus sudah berbuat adil sejak dalam pikiran apalagi dalam perbuatan

Setiap ketidakadilan harus dilawan, walaupun hanya dalam hati.

Dan kini, Adikku, kini terasa betul oleh kita, pahit sungguh hidup di dunia ini, bila kita selalu ingat pada kejahatan orang lain. Tapi untuk kita sendiri, Adikku, bukankah kita tidak perlu menjahati orang lain?

Aku bangga menjadi seorang liberal, Tuan, liberal konsekwen. Memang orang lain menamainya liberal keterlaluan. Bukan hanya tidak suka ditindas, tidak suka menindas, lebih dari itu: tidak suka adanya penindasan ....

Berkhianat pada revolusi ini berarti berkhianat pada diri sendiri, pada publik yang membayarnya.

You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline.

Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong.

A man's intention is a portrait of his conscience.

A quite conscience makes one a quite reassuring.

Deontology is nothing else than deference and reverence for life.

What it lies in our responsibility to do , it lies in our responsibility not to do.

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil.

A person who torments others does not sleep well.