Commentary on Romans, cap 14, I 3
“Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949) edited by Paul A. Schilpp
1940s
“Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949) edited by Paul A. Schilpp
1940s
Variant: Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
“Worse than sin against God is sin against man.”
Sufyan al-Thawri (716–778) Muslim Scholar and founder of Thawri Madhhab
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 29
“Who profits by a sin has done the sin.”
Cui prodest scelus, is fecit.
Medea, lines 500-501; (Medea)
Alternate translation: He who profits by crime commits it. (translator unknown).
Tragedies
“A clear conscience doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t any conscience.”
William Feather (1889–1981) Publisher, Author
Featherisms (2008)
Aaron Judge (1992) American baseball player
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Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), IV : The Essence of Catholicism
Context: The real sin — perhaps it is a sin against the Holy Ghost for which there is no remission — is the sin of heresy, the sin of thinking for oneself. The saying has been heard before now, here in Spain, that to be a liberal — that is, a heretic — is worse than being an assassin, a thief, or an adulterer. The gravest sin is not to obey the Church, whose infallibility protects us from reason.
Aurelius Augustinus book Confessions
A. Outler, trans. (Dover: 2002), Book 5, Chapter 10, p. 77
Confessions (c. 397)
