“No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a culture holds that nothing is better than anything else, and that all things are in themselves equally meaningless. Except for the fragments of faith (in progress, in compassion, in conscience, in hope) to which it still clings, illegitimately, such a culture teaches every one of its children that life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing.” ChildrenStillsLife IsCultureCompassionMoralPrinciplesTeachProgressConscienceBuiltAll ThingsBottomTalesIdiotMeaninglessFragmentsRelativismMoral PrinciplesSignifying Author:Michael Novak
“One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what is built upon Necessity; for unhappy is the People, and their Constitution will be ever precarious, whose Welfare must depend upon the Virtues and Consciences of Ministers and Politicians.” PeopleIfsMenMayWholeNationsVirtueHonestyDependsOughtPoliticianConscienceBuiltConstitutionAgreeUnhappyMinistersWelfareGood ManPrecarious Author:Bernard de Mandeville
“That Wall Street has gone down because of this is justice ... They built a castle to rip people off. Not once in all these years have I come across a person inside a big Wall Street firm who was having a crisis of conscience.” PeopleYearsPersonsBigsJusticeGoneStreetsWallConscienceBuiltCrisisFirmCastlesRip Author:Steve Eisman
“We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.” SoulHelpingAmericaCan DoConscienceBuiltCoalitions Author:John Lewis
“I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?... fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror” IfsMeanWholeSocialDifferencesConscienceBuiltMirrorsBlameDollarsSandWhat IfInherentStemShiftingPyramidsDespisedShifting SandGenomics Author:David Mitchell
“... we believe in the vocation of communion and participation of our people, who day to day awaken to their political conscience and express their desire for change and profound democratization of society. A change based on justice, built with love, and which will bring us the most anxiously desired fruits of peace.” PeopleBelievePoliticalDesireJusticeConscienceBuiltProfoundFruitCommunionDay To DayParticipationVocationDemocratization Author:Adolfo Perez Esquivel
“He was a lifelong Republican, but over the years, Harry Blackmun built a reputation as a liberal, sometimes defiant Justice, whose fierce protection of individual rights led some to anoint him the moral conscience of the court.” YearsSometimesIndividualJusticeMoralRightsRepublicanConscienceBuiltCourtProtectionReputationFierceLifelongIndividual RightsMoral Conscience Author:Judy Woodruff
“When we evaluate the rightness or wrongness of actions or behavior, we need to ask ourselves if that behavior will edify—build up—ourselves or someone else, or if it will tear down. The question is not what we can get away with, but what is healthy and edifying. When it is all said and done, are we edified spiritually? Have we been built up and strengthened in our relationship with the Lord or with our spouse, or have we been weakened? Do we come away encouraged or discouraged, confident or filled with a sense of guilt or shame? Is our conscience clean?” IfsNeedsSaidDoneActionAsksLordTearsHealthyBehaviorConscienceBuiltShameFilledGuiltCleanGet AwayOur RelationshipSpouseDiscouragedEvaluateSaid And Done Book:The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage Source: The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage