The voice of conscience makes no mistakes. It wants, not
the fulfillment of the animal self, but its denial or sacrifice.
A Christian who does not know where he goes (John 3:8),
or what is given to him by God (John 3:34), does not know his life's real purpose.
— Fyodor Strakhov
As our self-interest diminishes, our
anxieties disappear, and then comes quiet and firm joy, which always diffuses
us with a good spiritual disposition and a clear conscience. Every good deed helps
to kindle this feeling of joy within us. The egoist feels lonely, surrounded by
threatening and alien events; all his desires are sunk in his own concerns. A
kind man lives in a world of beneficent events, whose goodness matches his own.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
A person who lives only for the concerns of
his body may become lost in the
labyrinth of an animal and
sensual life, while the soul will always
find truth; it will find the way.
— Lucy Malory
The voice of your conscience can always be singled out
above the noise of your other wishes, because it always wants something
seemingly useless, seemingly senseless, seemingly incomprehensible, but at the
same time something actually beautiful and good, which can be achieved only
through effort.
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