Jakob Dylan Quotes

If anyone has a conscience it's generally a guilty one.

I'll not meddle with it; it is a dangerous thing; it makes a man a coward; a man cannot steal, but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear, but it checks him; a man cannot lie with his neighbor's wife, but it detects him. 'Tis a blushing, shame -faced spirit, that mutinies in a man's bosom ; it fills one full of obstacles; it made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found; it beggars any man that keeps it; it is turned out of all towns and cities for a dangerous thing; and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it.

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

One of my weaknesses is that I actually have a conscience.

Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.

Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Conscience: something that feels terrible when everything else feels well.

Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.

Conscience is its own readiest accuser.

Conscience is a thousand swords.

Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?

I never did anything I'm really ashamed of.

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Someone once asked, 'What is the difference between me and Saddam Hussein?' The answer is, 'I have a conscience and he doesn't.'

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.

An animal takes freely anything that it wishes: it commits no sin and is not held responsible for its action because it knows no better. But as soon as the idea of 'mine' and 'thine' has been imprinted upon our consciousness, then also the responsibility comes.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

All a man can betray is his conscience.