Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

Conscience is God present in man.

Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to that part of the person that knows the difference between right and wrong instinctively.

My heart tells me what's right.

Common sense is no match for the voice of God.

I value people with a conscience. It's like a beeper from God.

Conscience connects us with the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the heart.

Where is there any book of the law so clear to each man as that written in his heart?

Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists.

I just want to do what I feel is right in my heart.

Conscience is wiser than science.

Your mind is reason, your heart is your conscience, and in your heart - you will find truth. This is why Truth is always recognized first by the heart. Our minds are simply there to reason with our conscience. The only thinking that matters is that which passes through the heart. Your heart is what connects you to the light of God. He who acts through his heart, truly stands by God.

It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Some people feel with their heads and think with their hearts.

Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of love, we do because we want to.

I believe very profoundly in an over-ruling Providence, and I do not fear that any real plans can be thrown off the track. It maynot be intended that I shall be President--but that would not break my heart.

The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.

If a powerful and benevolent spirit has shaped the destiny of this world, we can better discover that destiny from the words that have gathered up the heart's desire of the world, than from historical records, or from speculation, wherein the heart withers.

We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our ego, do whatever interests us, whatever suits us, whatever pleases us. That is not conscience.

In my heart, I never called one wrong.