Paul Valery Quotes

Conscience, the organ of feeling which dominates us and of the opinions which rule us, is presumptuous in the strong, timid in the weak and unfortunate, uneasy in the undecided.

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

There is nothing in the whole frame of man which seems to me so unaccountable as that thing called conscience.

There's the laws of society and morality and then there's the laws of the heart.

Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art, oh! woe for me, his deadliest foe!

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

Conscience is a thousand swords.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.

You do what you want and know is right. That is the only law.

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

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we've done - or failed to do - with our personal values.

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

Conscience is the highest of all Courts.

Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. It is strange that these voices often contradict each other?

Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion and confusion of conscience that is of social origin.