Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes About Conscience
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There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.
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I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creatures is born. But only one who can appease their conscience can take over their freedom […] Instead of taking men's freedom from them, Thou didst make it greater than ever! Didst Thou forget that man prefers peace, and even death, to freedom of choice in the knowledge of good and evil?
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Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.
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It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing.
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If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison.
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Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
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