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Karl JungUntil you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Adolf HitlerConscience is a Jewish invention.

—  Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator

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Abraham LincolnWhen I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

—  Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President

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Wallace StevensIn the presence of extraordinary actuality, consciousness takes the place of imagination.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecHe had a clear conscience. Never used it.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Fyodor DostoyevskyI swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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H.L. MenckenConscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Karl JungPeople will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Karl JungThere's no coming to consciousness without pain.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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David Lloyd GeorgeIf you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

—  David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922]

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Marie von Ebner-EschenbachBe the master of your will and the slave of your conscience.

—  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims

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Samuel JohnsonShame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Ludwig WittgensteinCertainly it is correct to say: Conscience is the voice of God.

—  Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

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Mark TwainGood friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Doug LarsonA lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

—  Doug Larson, 1926-2017, American columnist

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H.L. MenckenConscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Louis ScutenaireThe subconscious takes its revenge at night.

—  Louis Scutenaire, 1905-1987, Belgian surrealist & anarchist

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Paul ValeryConscience reigns but it does not govern.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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Sigmund FreudConscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating within us.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Theodore AdornoThe tendency to occultism is a symptom of regression in consciousness.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

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Thomas HobbesA man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

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Vincent Van GoghConscience is a man’s compass.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Karl KrausMy unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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François RabelaisScience without conscience is only ruin of the soul.

—  François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer

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William ShakespeareConscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Julius Caesar

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Theodore AdornoThe power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

Robert Louis StevensonA good conscience is eight parts of courage.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Sri AurobindoA quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

John Kenneth GalbraithConscience is better served by a myth.

—  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist

Stefan ZweigNo guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.

—  Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer

Frank A. ClarkA man’s conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn’t do – but it does not keep him from doing it.

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

Nicolas ChamfortConscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Alphonse de LamartinA conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

Joseph ConradAll a man can betray is his conscience.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Italo CalvinoThe unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions.

—  Italo Calvino, 1923-1985, Italian writer

Hermann HesseAny attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience violates the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Quotes in Verse

T. S. EliotYour burden is not to clear your conscience
But to learn how to bear the burdens on your conscience.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Funny Quotes

Henry YoungmanWhen you battle with your conscience and lose, you win.

—  Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian

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Ancient Greek

EpicurusThe just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance.

O δίκαιος αταρακτότατος, ο δ’ άδικος πλείστης ταραχής γέμων.

—  Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Proverbs

The guilty conscience is a secret enemy.

—  Indian proverb

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