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“Reason deceives us; conscience, never.”

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher, writer, and composer, considered one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literature, political, and social theories. more

“Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.”

Ifs Want Mind Moments Eye Pain Used Mother Enjoy Loss Conscience Gains What You Want All Time Dirty Peace Of Mind Trust Me

Author:Patti LaBelle

“God leaves to our conscience the choice of the road we decide to follow, and the liberty of yielding to one or another of the opposing influences that act upon us.”

Choices Liberty Influence Conscience Opposing

Book:The Spirits’ Book: The Principles of Spiritist Doctrine

Source: The Spirits’ Book: The Principles of Spiritist Doctrine

“Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but do not, and condemns us if we do something we ought not.”

Ifs Evil Ought Conscience Adversaries

Author:Dorotheus of Gaza

“The philosophical implication of race-thinking is that by offering us the mystery of heredity as an explanation, it diverts our attention from the social and intellectual factors that make up personality.”

Thinking Social Race Attention Mystery Personality Intellectual Philosophical Factors Explanation Offering Implications Heredity

Author:Jacques Barzun

Humans May Has Beens Different Might Past Certain Lost Term Views Race Conditions Concepts Abstract Sharpness

Author:Julian Huxley

“Whatever may be the sociological value of the legal fiction that 'all men are born free and equal,' there can be no doubt that...in its biological application, at any rate, this statement is one of the most stupendous falsehoods ever uttered by man through his misbegotten gift of articulate speech.”

Men May Values Born Race Fiction Doubt Equal Speech Rate Statements No Doubt Application Falsehood Sociological Born Free

Author:Earnest Hooton

“I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There scarcely ever was a civilization of their complexion, nor even any individual, eminent either in action or speculation.”

Action Individual Race Civilization Suspects Inferiors Speculation Complexion

Book:Essays: Moral, Political and Literary

Source: Essays: Moral, Political and Literary

“A racist is a man who believes in history, genetics, and his eyes!”

Men Believe Eye Race His Eyes Racist Genetics

Author:Tom Anderson

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