“I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice.” PeopleGivingBelievePersonsSpiritualI BelieveReligiousLevelsPrinciplesPracticeSourceHighestGloryConscienceUniversalIncludingCreditTimelessSpiritual Intelligence Author:Stephen Covey
“Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.” KnowsWayDoePoorLevelsRichEconomicConscienceCapitalismResourcesFlowPermitDoomedPrivilegedRiches And PoorsEconomic Resources Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Objectification is a critical reason why an abuser tends to get worse over time. As his conscience adapts to one level of cruelty-he builds to the next. By depersonalizing his partner, the abuser protects himself from the natural human emotions of guilt and empathy, so that he can sleep at night with a clear conscience. He distances himself so far from her humanity that her feelings no longer count, or simply cease to exist.” HumansReasonFeelingsNightHumanityNextNaturalSleepLevelsEmotionClearProtectEmpathyConscienceDistanceGuiltCriticalPartnersCeaseCrueltyReason WhyHuman EmotionsAbusersObjectificationClear Conscience Author:Lundy Bancroft
“As the tragic writer rids us of what is petty and ignoble in our nature, so also the humorist rids us of what is cautious, calculating, and priggish--about half of our social conscience, indeed. Both of them permit us, in blessed moments of revelation, to soar above the common level of our lives.” MomentsSocialLevelsCommonHalfOur LivesConscienceTragedyBlessedRevelationsTragicPermitSoarPettyCautiousHumoristsCalculatingIgnoble Book:The Personal Art: Reading to Good Purpose Source: The Personal Art: Reading to Good Purpose
“Listen to your conscience regarding something that you simply know you should do, then start small on it - make a promise and keep it. Then move forward and make a little larger promise and keep it. Eventually you'll discover that your sense of honor will become greater than your moods, and that will give you a level of confidence and excitement that you can move to other areas where you feel you need to make improvements or give service.” KnowsNeedsGivingFeelsShouldLittlesMovingLevelsGreaterHonorPromiseConscienceAreasImprovementMoodMoving ForwardExcitement Author:Stephen Covey
“[Men's] natural tendencies, natural proclivities, are bad. You gotta rein that in. You gotta dial that back. You need to really raise your conscience level and be aware of how others see you and dial it back, because it's just too predatory, brutish, what have you.” MenNeedsNaturalLevelsConscienceRaisesTendenciesReinsPredatory Author:Rush Limbaugh
“God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we've done or we're about to do. At times like this, it's wise to prayerfully consider whether we're offending God with our actions.” ReasonDoneMightActionLevelsWiseListeningLowsConscienceMiseryOur ActionsNudgeOffendingUneasinessLow Level Author:Joyce Meyer
“The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.” HeartSpiritualLevelsHigherWeaponsConscienceStrikesOpponentsCheeksOffensiveHigher LevelAudacityTurn The Other Cheek Author:E. Stanley Jones
“You come across [online comments] about yourself and about your friends, and it's a very dehumanizing thing,It's almost like how, in war, you go through this bloody, dehumanizing thing ... My hope is, as we get out of it, we'll reach the next level of conscience.” WarNextLevelsConscienceOnlineCommentAbout YourselfBloodyPretentiousNext Level Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is. It is my opinion that we ought to begin an unsparing examination of conscience on this point at all levels in the Church.” InspirationSpiritFaithChurchLevelsLordOpinionModernOughtConscienceChristian InspirationalConstructsMachineryExaminationAdministrative Book:Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today Source: Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today
“A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with an inner moral sense; a society that is merely expedient does not produce men of conscience. A society that narrows the meaning of 'success' to the big money and in its terms condemns failure as the chief vice, raising money to the plane of absolute value, will produce the sharp operator and the shady deal. Blessed are the cynical, for only they have what it takes to succeed.” MenDoeBigsValuesTermLevelsDealsMoralMiddleProduceHigherSucceedSmartConscienceAbsolutesBlessedVicesCirclesChiefsPlanesCynicalRacketShadyOperatorsRaising Money Author:C. Wright Mills