Quotes about Conscience
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
One who condones evil is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We shall have to repent in this generation , not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sometimes people have come to a crisis of conscience, perhaps having lived much of their lives without any time for God, and have then tried to twist God's arm to be nice to them after all. That's a poor substitute for genuine worship and love of God — though God remains gracious and merciful, and ready to welcome people however muddled they may be.
- NT Wright
We have reduced the kingdom of God to private piety, the victory of the cross to comfort for the conscience, and Easter itself to a happy, escapist ending after a sad, dark tale. Piety, conscience, and ultimate happiness are important, but not nearly as important as Jesus himself.
- NT Wright
We have reduced the kingdom of God to private piety, the victory of the cross to comfort for the conscience, and Easter itself to a happy, escapist ending after a sad, dark tale.
- NT Wright
I did mind and it did matter, otherwise there wouldn't be anything to forgive at all
- NT Wright
The rules of charity and conscience are there, not to nail down a one-size-fits-all rule-book but precisely to enable mutual respect and shared worship in the absence of such a thing.
- NT Wright
The highest freedom is the freedom from evil, not the freedom of doing evil.
- Norman Geisler
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
- Oprah Winfrey
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
- Origen
Conscience is the chamber of justice.
- Origen