Dhammapada, Canto XXI, No. 291, (Buddhism)
"Blessed is he whose conscience hath not
condemned him, and who is not fallen from
his hope in the Lord."
The Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 14,
Paragraph 1, (Judaism, Christianity)
"You asked for help, didn't you?" I
said to the angry face that now stood before
me. It was only a moment, but what seemed
like a long sleep to him, and we were far
away from the battlefield. Fighting for the
South at the time of the American Civil War,
it was my duty to get him to the North.
Having prayed for understanding, he'd
wanted to know if he'd been doing the right
thing. His sincerity had inspired the powers
that be to give him an opportunity. Agitated
with me anyway, he was suited up and
ready to meet his Northern comrades,
nonetheless.
Unable to tell that he was a Rebel, I'd
altered his uniform so he would appear to be
one of them. No one had to know that he
was the 'enemy.' Anger diminishing as he
listened to them, it wasn't that he went over
to their side, but he began to understand
why they perceived the slavery issue