Quotes with conscience

Quotes 121 till 140 of 172.

  • Jean Paul The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Aleister Crowley The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach.
    Aleister Crowley
    British occultist, writer, and mountaineer (1875 - 1947)
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  • Seneca The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation - must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Bertrand Russell The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • B. C. Forbes The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Isaac Bashevis Singer The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978) (1902 - 1991)
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  • Sir Max Beerbohm The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    British Actor (1872 - 1956)
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  • Harper Lee The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
    Harper Lee
    American writer (1926 - 2016)
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  • Izaak Walton The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
    Izaak Walton
    British writer (1593 - 1683)
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  • Herbert Hoover The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America.
    Herbert Hoover
    American engineer, businessman and politician (1874 - 1964)
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  • Samuel Johnson The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Mme de Stael The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Stokely Carmichael There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
    Stokely Carmichael
    American activist (1941 - 1998)
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  • James Russell Lowell There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Sophocles There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • George Bernard Shaw There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Euripides There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Ogden Nash There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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