“You have to understand these two words: conscience and consciousness. Consciousness belongs to you. Conscience is given to you by society. It is an imposition on your consciousness. Different societies impose different ideas on their consciousness. And once something is imposed on him, you can no longer feel conscious. He is far from you now. A thick wall of conscience is built between you and your consciousness, which has been imposed on you by society since childhood. And conscience thus fulfills its duty of imposition.” Osho