A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
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He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts
Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
Himself his own dungeon.

A bad conscience has a very good memory

A bad conscience has a very good memory

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... read more

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it

But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
So much, as when we call our old debts in
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But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
So much, as when we call our old debts in
At sixty years, and draw the accounts of evil,
And find a deuced balance with the devil.