Quotes about Conscience

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done.

A conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.

Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

I admire the man who exclaimed, "I have lost a day!" because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it....

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.

So why should he even bother himself with this? The answer came to his mind: Because what happened to Annie Brewer was evil and evil prevails when good men do nothing.

Fremen possessed a highly evolved conscience which centered on their own welfare as a people. It was only to outsiders that they seemed brutish—just as outsiders appeared brutish to Fremen. Every Fremen knew very well that he could do a brutal thing and feel no guilt.

I salve my own conscience. I give him the surcease of religion before betraying him. Thus may I say to myself that he has gone where I cannot go.

Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They're organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations. I, however, have limitations. In my desire to provide an ultimate protection for my people, I forbid a constitution.