#conscience

What a man calls his "conscience" is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#after #calls #conscience #follows #his

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#cruelty #delight #good #hell #infliction

Love is too young to know what conscience is. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#know #love #love is #too #young

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#between #catholicism #church #conscience #faith

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#gallantry #more #politics #than

Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#good #live #most #people #proceeds

Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others. ↗

— Henry Taylor

#conscience #men #most #opinions #others

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#certain #conscience #god #good #him

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#herd-mentality #peer-pressure #reputation #science

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the question, “Is it right?”... The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge, moments of great crisis and controversy. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#cowardice