“Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.” GivingHeartChildrenChurchKnowingMy HeartBlessingConscienceCatholicSilentBottomBelieverCatholic ChurchChild Of GodNon Believer Author:Pope Francis
“He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself in order, since he can be dirty without knowing it. The person who meditates and turns his thoughts to God who is the mirror of the soul, seeks to know his defects and tries to correct them, moderates himself in his impulses and puts his conscience in order.” KnowsTryingLooksPersonsDoeSoulOrderTurnsKnowingConscienceMirrorsSaintImpulseBotherDirtyDefectsModerates Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“Who born so poor, Of intellect so mean, as not to know What seem'd the best; and knowing not to do? As not to know what God and conscience bade, And what they bade not able to obey?” KnowsMeanSeemsAbleBornPoorKnowingConscienceIntellect Book:Pollok's Course of Time Source: Pollok's Course of Time
“The idea that the universe itself is physically structured around hierarchy was sort of an integration of earlier science and theology that was made by people like Thomas Aquinas, that was assumed doctrinally in that tradition. The Reformation rejected that model of reality and created a highly individualistic metaphysics in the sense that it located everything normative that can be said about reality in human perception, there being, of course, no other avenue of knowing. There is Scripture, there is conscience, there is perception itself.” PeopleHumansMadeSaidIdeasRealityUniverseCoursesKnowingPerceptionModelsConscienceTraditionScriptureTheologyRejectedMetaphysicsIntegrationHierarchyAvenuesReformationIndividualistic Author:Marilynne Robinson
“The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit the present moment and accept everything that happens without fear, knowing that what goes around comes around (the law of karma). Ethical morality and self-discipline represent the good ground, or stable basis. Mindful awareness is the skillful and efficacious grow-path, or way. Wisdom and compassion constitute the fruit, or result. This is the essence of Buddhism [...]” WayI CanSelfMomentsHappensLawGrowsResultsCompassionAcceptingKnowingPathClearAwarenessBuddhismDisciplineMoralityConscienceEssenceBasesFruitKarmaPresent MomentEthicalStableTruthfulSelf DisciplineTranquilSkillfulGoes Around Comes AroundLaw Of Karma Author:Surya Das
“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.” LoveHelpingEarthEffortKnowingLandJudgingBlessingConscienceLaborAskingRewardsFinalsDeedsInauguralInaugural AddressWork EffortChristian Patriotic Author:John F. Kennedy
“It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines. (...) If someone asks me how I can sleep at night knowing that my arms have killed millions of people, I respond that I have no problem sleeping, my conscience is clean. I constructed arms to defend my country.” PeopleIfsI CanCountryFactsProblemNightAsksSleepMillionsKnowingArmsConscienceMachinesResponsibleCleanAsk MeNo Problem Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.” ShouldHeartHas BeensFactsPresidentMy OwnDecisionEmotionKnowingMy HeartBehaviorConscienceAngerHeavyInitialsReckless Author:Blanche Lincoln
“Belgium, where there occurred one of the rare appearances of the hero in history, was lifted above herself by the uncomplicated conscience of her King and, faced with the choice to acquiesce or resist, took less than three hours to make her decision, knowing it might be mortal.” MightChoicesThreeHoursDecisionKnowingKingsHeroConscienceAppearanceMortalsBelgiumUncomplicated Author:Barbara Tuchman