
„Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.“
— Logan Pearsall Smith British American-born writer 1865 - 1946
Other People.
Afterthoughts (1931)
„Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.“
— Logan Pearsall Smith British American-born writer 1865 - 1946
Other People.
Afterthoughts (1931)
„A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist 1844 - 1900
Quelle: The Gay Science
— Martin Buber German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian 1878 - 1965
Quelle: What is Man? (1938), p. 178
Kontext: Man must be free of it all, of his bad conscience and of the bad salvation from this conscience in order to become in truth the way. Now, he no longer promises others the fulfillment of his duties, but promises himself the fulfillment of man.
— Richard Baxter English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer 1615 - 1691
The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The People Who Receive the Saints' Rest"
„A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.“
— Steven Wright American actor and author 1955
„A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.“
— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910
— Bertrand Russell logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist 1872 - 1970
Quelle: 1920s, Sceptical Essays (1928), Ch. 1: The Value of Scepticism
„Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.“
— Francois Rabelais, buch Gargantua und Pantagruel
Quelle: Pantagruel
„People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.“
— Mary McCarthy American writer 1912 - 1989
"The Contagion of Ideas", p. 54
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief 1946–1961 (1961)
— Angelo Vulpini Venezuelan recording artist 2003
Quelle: Posted on instagram @angelovulpini, September 2nd, 2021.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVVtsfrRvh/
„Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.“
— Robert Redford actor and film director from the United States 1936
„Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.“
— Mignon McLaughlin American journalist 1913 - 1983
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
„That deep torture may be called a hell,
When more is felt than one hath power to tell.“
— William Shakespeare, buch The Rape of Lucrece
The Rape of Lucrece.
„Susan had an earnest soul, a conscience tending to morbidity.“
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton Suffragist and Women's Rights activist 1815 - 1902
Susan B. Anthony (1884)
— Antonin Artaud French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director 1896 - 1948
Suicidez-vous, désespérés, et vous, torturés du corps et de l'âme, perdez tout espoir. Il n'y a plus pour vous de soulagement en ce monde. Le monde vit de vos charniers.
General Security: The Liquidation of Opium (1925)
— Robert E. Howard American author 1906 - 1936
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith (July 1925)
Letters