“If we continue to make moral judgements (and whatever we say shall in fact continue) then we must believe that the conscience of man is not a product of nature.” IfsMenBelieveFactsMoralProductsConscienceMiracleJudgementMoral Judgement Author:C. S. Lewis
“Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor and conscience, to obtain them: It is to pay so dear from them that the bargain is a loss.” MenWould BeLossPaySacrificeHonorQuietConscienceDearBurdenHeavyEnvyRichesBargains Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; he can only enjoy, with a good conscience, what he has acquired with toil and trouble; he refused to have anything as a gift.” MenHardSeemsValuesEnjoyTroubleHard WorkConscienceSignificanceToilExaggeratedMistrustEffortless Book:Leisure: The Basis of Culture Source: Leisure: The Basis of Culture
“What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The value of a man cannot be judged by the number of diseases from which he escapes. The value of a man is in his human qualities: in his character, in his conscience, in the nobility and magnanimity, of his soul. Torturing animals to prolong human life has separated science from the most important thing that life has produced - the human conscience.” MenYearsHumansImportantSoulCharacterLife IsValuesAnimalNumbersQualityAliveDiseaseConscienceImportanceImportant ThingsHuman LifeJudgedContinuingNobilityMagnanimityHuman QualitiesMenagerie Author:John Cowper Powys
“Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.” MenSocialPleasureObjectsHealthFameConscienceExpensesFruition Book:Coningsby: Or, The New Generation Source: Coningsby: Or, The New Generation
“The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout the play is that most selfish of all concerns: to get a good night's sleep.” MenIdeasPlayNightSleepConscienceConcernSelfishGood NightPlatitudes Author:Mary McCarthy