| CONSCIENCE - Importance | 良心 - 重要性 |
| Conscience is to the soul as the stomach is to the
body. Thomas Adams 良心對靈魂而言，正如同身體中的胃一般。 |
| Knowledge directs
conscience; conscience perfects knowledge. Thomas Adams 知識導引良心；良心臻益知識。 |
| A good conscience is a soft pillow. 好的良知如同軟綿綿的枕頭。 |
| Conscience warns us as a
friend before it punishes us as a judge. 良心如同法曹施行懲罰之前，已如良友一般先行提醒。 |
| Conscience is a man's judgement of himself,
according to the judgement of God of him. Thomas Aquinas 良心是個人對自己的審判，這審判是根據他內心中上帝的審判。 |
| A good conscience is the
palace of Christ, the temple of the Holy Ghost, the paradise of delight, the standing
sabbath of the saints. Augustine 好的良心是基督的王宮、聖靈的殿、歡樂者的天堂、聖徒的永遠安息日。 |
| Of all human experiences, the most universal is a
bad conscience. James Denney 一切人類經驗中，最普遍存在的莫過於惡質的良心。 |
| Most of us follow our
conscience as we follow a wheelbarrow; we push it is front of us in the direction we want
to go. Billy Graham 大部分的人跟隨良心就像跟隨手推車一樣，我們推著手推車順著我們要去的方向走。 |
| Better to have a dog that will, by his barking, tell
us a thief is in our yard, than one that will sit still and let us be robbed before we
have any notice of our danger. William Gurnall 有一條當盜賊進到我們院子裡會吠叫提醒我們的狗，好過於默默蹲在一邊，任憑我們被搶奪之前不發一聲警告的狗。 |
| Peace of conscience is
nothing but the echo of pardoning mercy. William Gurnall 良心的平安無他，就是寬恕憐憫的回音。 |
| Happy is that man who can be acquitted by himself in
private, by others in public and by God in both. Joseph Hall 快樂就是一個人能在私底下時坦然面對自己，在光天化日下坦然對眾人，而在私下或公開均能坦然面對上帝。 |
| Conscience is a living
thing, subject to growth and development. Ole Hallesby 良心是活的，會成長也會發展。 |
| Never was the voice of conscience silenced without
retribution. Anna Jameson 沒有一次當良心靜默無聲時不帶來懲罰報應的。 |
| Cleanse your conscience and
your faith will be out of danger. William Jenkyn 潔淨你的良心這能讓你的信仰脫離險惡。 |
| A good conscience is the best treasure ever held,
the best pleasure ever tasted, the best honour ever conferred. William S. Plumer 美好良知是吾人擁有的最佳財富、最愜意的喜樂以及最崇高的榮譽。 |
| Cowardice asks, 'Is it
safe?' Expediency asks, 'Is it politic? Vanity asks, 'Is it popular?' Conscience asks, 'Is
it right?'. William Moreley Punshon 膽小的人，怯怯的問道：「安全嗎？」貪圖己利的人問：「這樣做夠不夠技巧？」愛慕虛榮的人想的是：「這跟得上流行嗎？」良心就只問道：「這對嗎？」。 |
| We can do nothing well without joy, and a good
conscience which is the ground of joy. Richard Sibbes 沒有喜樂，我們做不好事情，而美好良知正是喜樂的基礎。 |
| No flattery can heal a bad
conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one. Thomas Watson 阿諛奉承無法醫治敗壞良心，造謠中傷亦無法毀損健全良心。 |
| Developing the mind is important, but developing a
conscience is the most precious gift parents can give their children. John Gray 幫助孩子增進思考能力很重要，但培養良知更是父母所能給的最珍貴禮物。 |