“When I take a break, even just a brief one, the creative energy flows in. Only then do I have anything of… — Holly Mosier Copy Share Image
Those who feel guilty are afraid; and those who are afraid somehow feel guilty. To the onlooker, too, the fearful seem guilty. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock.… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
The insight is born with anxiety, guilt and the joy and gratification that is inseparable from the actualizing of a new idea… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I have a lot of guilt around lying. Even small things. Since I was little, I've felt that if I don't hold… — Taylor Russell Copy Share Image
“guilt’s a whore. It goes with anybody, but it’s not good in bed. You’re not dying, but this thing you’ve got with… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
“Even if their guilt actually does produce a good action, it will be the saddest good action you’ll ever see, and it… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, although modern European guilt is currently described as though it is a terminal condition, there is no certainty that it will… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
My identity has always been confused. Born in Edinburgh of a Scottish/Russian/Jewish mother and an English/Irish/Catholic father, there is no form of… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The pressure to be thin, which causes guilt and obsessiveness around food, is terrible and starts so early. For me, it started… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
I embrace treats, but I'm also very wary of treats. Treats help us feel energized, appreciated, and enthusiastic - but very often,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“I turn away, tempted to punch the glass. I'm in the gratest danger of my life, and I'm playing with my hair… — Shannon Messenger Copy Share Image
“To me, the words “food” and “guilt” didn’t belong in the same sentence unless, say, you were referring to how you felt… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
...I can’t stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are… — Isaiah Copy Share Image
The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting,… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
For the first time, the best may err, art may persuade, and novelty spread out its charms. The first fault is the… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I love the idea of bringing order out of disorder which is what the mystery is about. I like the way in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Repeat the same action over and over again, and eventually it will feel right. Eventually, there isn't even any guilt.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You can't let doubt or fear or guilt eat away at you. You are good and you need to remember that above… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
You’re so sweet,' Frypan said with a snort. 'Go ahead and die with Thomas. I think I’ll sneak away and enjoy living… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“The mind fabricates and believes in whatever it wants to conclude is true because of what occurs on the spur of the… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“To think that you don’t have a choice is actually a choice that’s an attempt to relieve you of the guilt of… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Don't saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
“It's always so satisfying when you can twist someone's hatred into guilt--make her realize that she was wrong, too quick to judge,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I cant say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if… — Bradley Cooper Copy Share Image
“Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“I don't think anyone could write a completely honest autobiography. I am sure no one could bear to read it: My Past… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform's trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
“First, guilt-tripping doesn’t work as a campaigning strategy. If you make people feel bad about what they do, you must give them… — Mark Lynas Copy Share Image
“If guilt was an animal then it would be an octopus. All slimy and wriggly with hundreds of arms that wrap around… — Annabel Pitcher Copy Share Image
It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
