David Mitchell Quotes About Conscience

Quotes about: Conscience

• Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.

  David Mitchell

  Beloved, Virtue, Neighbor

  David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.22, Random House Group

• To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes.

  David Mitchell

  Mistake, Differences, Six

• I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?... fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror

  David Mitchell

  Mean, Mirrors, Pyramids

• Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' conscience; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding the mirror." I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves. Mephi replied, "History suggests, not until they are made to.

  David Mitchell

  Mirrors, Trying, Asking

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