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There is no class of men so difficult to be managed in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched
The conscience is the inviolable asylum of the liberty of man
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place
Oh the difference of divers men in the tenderness of their consciences! Some are scarcely touched with a wound while others are wounded with a touch therein
A wounded conscience is able to unparadise paradise itself
A guilty conscience is like a whirlpool, drawing in all to itself which would otherwise pass by
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death
Every sound alarms [A guilty conscience]
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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