Edwin Hubbel Chapin Quotes

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

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

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

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

A guilty conscience means at least you have one.

I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

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

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty!, guilty!

I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area of conscience. What have they done, and what has it cost.

According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.

There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he receives a sting in his soul.

There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.

Conscience is a thousand swords.

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.

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

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!

What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy.

My conscience is clear.