"A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke
A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.
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“No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.”
“Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.”
“Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.”
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“Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written.”
“A man should be upright, not be kept upright.”
“It should be pointed out for our own guidance in the West that the continual signing of manifestoes and protests is one of the surest ways of undermining the efficacy and dignity of the intellectual. There exists a permanent blackmail that we all know and that we must have the often solitary courage to resist.”
More on Conscience
“Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?”
“Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.”
“Forget the laws. If the laws don't make sense, if they run contrary to your conscience, you have to disobey them.”