Sunday, April 6, 2014

Matters Of Conscience

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
Martin Luther King

“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”
Mark Twain

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles about conscience in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied: The one I feed the most.”
George Bernard Shaw

“Conscience compels you to do what you do not want to do but know you should do.”
Anon

“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
Oscar Wilde

“The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.”
John Calvin

“Anybody can be charming if they don't mind faking it, saying all the stupid, obvious, nauseating things that a conscience keeps most people from saying. Happily, I don't have a conscience. I say them.”
Jeff Lindsay


“No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.”
Stephan Zweig

“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. This is conscience at work”

Martin Luther King

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