And indeed, if we had only the courage to listen to the simplest, the nearest, most pressing voice of our conscience, and be deaf to all else, it were doubtless our solitary duty to relieve the suffering about us to the greatest extent in our power.

Maurice Maeterlinck
About This Quote

According to Goethe, the “simple, the nearest, the most pressing voice of conscience” can be heard by “listening to all else.” This is good advice. We all have the ability to listen to that voice, but most of us don't. We listen instead to our past selves or someone else's opinion of us. We don't listen to the voice that's telling us how we really feel.

That voice is always there, though not always easy to hear. As soon as you begin to listen to it, you might start changing.

Source: Wisdom And Destiny

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