"Conscience is like a guest, a very noble guest who comes to your house and you don't recognise him, and you make him very uncomfortable. Because he is a very sensitive guest, and because you don't recognise him, you behave in front of him in a way that's very painful to him. Then a moment comes, when you begin to see that this guest is yourself, and then you begin to feel uncomfortable because you've not treated this guest properly."
- Sherborne House talk, 1974