The quote “before I can live with other folks, I have to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (Lee) is so compelling because it means two important things, that you need to accept yourself and believe yourself. The quote describes that you cannot live with others if you cannot live with yourself, and it is impossible live with yourself if you have a guilty conscience. Your conscience doesn't follow what others do, since it is what you internally believe- even if it goes against the majority of people.
The first part of the quote, “before I can live with other folks, I have to live with myself” (Lee), means that you have to be happy with yourself to be happy with others. If you are mad at yourself, you are more likely to be mad at someone-even if he did not do anything. So before you can tolerate a person, you have to be able to tolerate yourself. That suggests that a person cannot live with himself unless he is being true to his own morality. If a person was to ignore his values, he wouldn’t be able to live with himself. He has to look inside to see what truly matters and accept himself. …show more content…
If the world tells you that racism is acceptable and that it is okay to discriminate against genders or races and you think different- you believe it is not permitted to discriminate- that is your conscience. Even though the majority may say it is all hunky-dory, you can be that person that disagrees. That is what Lee means when she says “the one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (Lee), that your conscience doesn’t always agree with what other people
The first part of the quote, “before I can live with other folks, I have to live with myself” (Lee), means that you have to be happy with yourself to be happy with others. If you are mad at yourself, you are more likely to be mad at someone-even if he did not do anything. So before you can tolerate a person, you have to be able to tolerate yourself. That suggests that a person cannot live with himself unless he is being true to his own morality. If a person was to ignore his values, he wouldn’t be able to live with himself. He has to look inside to see what truly matters and accept himself. …show more content…
If the world tells you that racism is acceptable and that it is okay to discriminate against genders or races and you think different- you believe it is not permitted to discriminate- that is your conscience. Even though the majority may say it is all hunky-dory, you can be that person that disagrees. That is what Lee means when she says “the one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (Lee), that your conscience doesn’t always agree with what other people