- “May I provide a simple formula by which you can measure the choices which confront you. It’s easy to remember, more difficult to apply. You can’t be right by doing wrong; and you can’t be wrong by doing right. Your personal conscience always warns you as a friend before it punishes you as a judge.” (Thomas S. Monson, Church News, 12 Nov. 2005, 3)
- “Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.” (Thomas S. Monson, Church News, 12 Nov. 2005, 3)
- Alma 15: 3…Sin can burn a conscience
- “A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery—the strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your conscience determines your moral responses in difficult, tempting, and trying situations. Fasting helps your spirit to develop dominance over your physical appetites. Fasting also increases your access to heaven’s help, as it intensifies your prayers. Why the need for self-mastery? God implanted strong appetites within us for nourishment and love, vital for the human family to be perpetuated. When we master our appetites within the bounds of God’s laws, we can enjoy longer life, greater love, and consummate joy” Russell M. Nelson, October 2013 General Conference
- “Repenting often gives us a peace of mind and quiet conscience that allows us to hear more clearly.” Spirit, David Butler
- “Later the Prophet said feelingly, but calmly and courageously, I am going like a lamb to the slaughter, but I am as calm as a summer’s morning. I have a conscience void of offense toward God and toward all men. If they take my life I shall die an innocent man, and my blood shall cry from the ground for vengeance, and it shall be said of me. He was murdered in cold blood.” Manual, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson, Chapter 7, Joseph Smith An Instrument in the Hands of the Lord, History of the Church, 6:555, .21