"So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man" (Acts 24:16).
"Conscience," said an Indian, "is a three-cornered thing in my heart that stands still when I am good, but when I am bad, it turns around and the corners hurt a lot. If I keep on doing wrong, the corners wear off and it does not hurt any more."
- Construction Digest
The pirate Gibbs, whose name was for many years a terror to commerce with the West Indies and South America, was at last taken captive in the city of New York. He acknowledged before his death that when he committed the first murder and plundered the first ship, compunctions were severe; conscience was on the rack and made a hell within his bosom.
But after he had sailed for years under the black flag, his conscience became so hardened and blunted that he could rob a vessel and murder all its crew, and then lie down and sleep as sweetly at night as an infant in its cradle. His remorse diminished as his crimes increased.
- J. H. Bomberger
Some Christians are like the man who wrote the IRS stating: "I can't sleep; my conscience is bothering me. Enclosed find a check for $50.00. If I still can't sleep, I'll send you the balance!"
- Myron S. Augsburger
Power Principles for Power Living by Dwight Thompson
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