Violated Conscience Becomes Unreliable—He who after hearing the truth turns from it because to accept it would retard his success in business lines turns from God and the light. He sells his soul in a cheap market. His conscience will ever be unreliable. He has made a bargain with Satan, violating his conscience, which if kept pure and upright, would have been of more value to him than the whole world. He who refuses light partakes of the fruit of disobedience, as did Adam and Eve in Eden.— Manuscript 27, 1900.{1MCP 321.2}

En krænket samvittighed er upålidelig. - Han som vender sig bort fra sandheden efter at have hørt den, for at det vil forsinke hans forretningsfremgang der vender bort fra Gud og lyset. Han sælger sin sjæl på et billig marked. Hans samvittighed vil altid være upålidelig. Han har indgået handel med Satan, overtrådt sin samvittighed, om den blev holdt ren og oprigtig, ville have været af mere værdi for ham, end hele verden. Han som afviser lyset, har del i ulydighedens frugt, ligesom Adam og Eva gjorde i Edens have. - MS 27, 1900.