Jim CarrollConscience is no more than the dead speaking to us.
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Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us. God does not live in our conscience, but the conscience lives in the world of men. In the world of men, conscience speaks with a voice which is not natural, but artificial. It is as if a dead man were speaking. The dead may repeat all sorts of things, but they cannot always be right, for they are dead.
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