I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
Interpretation
A strong sense of morality can prevent one from acting unethically.
This quote by Octavia Butler reflects the concept of an unwavering moral compass that holds individuals accountable for their actions. It suggests that a heightened awareness of right and wrong can act as a self-imposed check, ensuring that one cannot easily escape the consequences of their behavior or justify wrongdoing.
In practice
Discussing the importance of personal ethics in a seminar.
What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.
Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.
There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain.
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.
No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.
Women are like tea bags: put them in hot water and they get stronger.
For one who has really mastered the way of warfare, his enemy can do nothing to escape death.
I know that I cannot take responsibility for other people. We are all under the law of our own consciousness.
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