Control cannot be called conscience until we are able to take it inside us and make it our own, until--in spite of the fact that the wrongs we have done or imagined will never be punished or known--we nonetheless feel that the clutch in the stomach, that chill upon the soul, that self-inflicted misery called guilt.
A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.
There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing.
There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They are our neighbours here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who do not belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy.
Conviction is the conscience of intellect.
Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
It is better to have a sore than a seared conscience.
Joe Paterno left this world with a clear conscience.
Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and nobody to be kicked?
Since National Socialism came to power, I have striven to make its consequences milder for its victims and to prepare the way for a change. In that, my conscience drove me -- and in the end, that is a man's duty.
Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution.
Integrity is the best of all protectors. . . we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience.
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains.
Conscience is a Jewish invention.
Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.
Until you guys own your own souls you don't own mine. Until you guys can be trusted every time and always, in all times and conditions, to seek the truth out and find it and let the chips fall where they may—until that time comes, I have the right to listen to my conscience, and protect my client the best way I can. Until I'm sure you won't do him more harm than you'll do the truth good. Or until I'm hauled before somebody that can make me talk.