Sojourn (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #3)

by R.A. Salvatore

Guilt, the consequence of conscience, is what separates the goodly persons from the evil.

I was not so quick to embrace the concept of any god, of any being that could so dictate, codes of behavior and precepts of an entire society. Is morality not an internal force, and if it is, are principles then to be dictated or felt?

We—at least we of sincere character—always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by.