POCKET n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive and her conscience denied burial remains ever alive confessing the sins of others.
Whatever is done without ostentation and without the people being witnesses of it is in my opinion most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
When one chooses to be directed by his conscientious decisions thinking and acting according to his divinely inspired ideals he will be acting for himself with thoughts words and actions that satisfy his conscience. When unbalanced a person is likely to become controlled by friends fashions public opinion popular individuals or ideas carnal lusts of the flesh or by other externals such as money and things.
Things said or done long years ago Or things I did not do or say But thought that I might say or do Weigh me down and not a day But something is recalled My conscience or my vanity appalled.
A mans first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart and his next to escape the censures of the world.
Conscience is the mirror of our souls which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
POCKET n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive and her conscience denied burial remains ever alive confessing the sins of others.
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
A good conscience is a continual feast.
Whatever is done without ostentation and without the people being witnesses of it is in my opinion most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
When one chooses to be directed by his conscientious decisions thinking and acting according to his divinely inspired ideals he will be acting for himself with thoughts words and actions that satisfy his conscience. When unbalanced a person is likely to become controlled by friends fashions public opinion popular individuals or ideas carnal lusts of the flesh or by other externals such as money and things.
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
In matters of conscience the law of the majority has no place.
The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in the world.
Conscience is a coward and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a necessary evil it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.
What is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking.
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.
Conscience is the chamber of justice.
What a man calls his conscience is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked oer with the pale cast of thought
Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.
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.
When you have no observers be afraid of yourself.
Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fireconscience.
Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing.
If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
Things said or done long years ago Or things I did not do or say But thought that I might say or do Weigh me down and not a day But something is recalled My conscience or my vanity appalled.
All actions are judged by the motive prompting them.