“All this guilt, this doubt, it was corrosive. It was changing her, twisting her. She was not the woman she used to… — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
An indiscriminate distrust of human nature is the worst consequence of a miserable condition, whether brought about by innocence or guilt. And… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“During school age, the bright, shame-based child will attempt to develop inhuman ego defenses or defending scripts, such as perfectionism, blaming, criticizing,… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“The myth of integration as propounded under the banner of the liberal ideology must be cracked because it makes people believe that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Guilt is imposed by others on you. It is a strategy of the priests to exploit. It is a conspiracy between the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“If I wanted, I could come up with reasons to be angry with everyone I know; there are sins of commission or… — Russ Ramsey Copy Share Image
“The proof that the One Stone Solution is political lies in what women feel when they eat 'too much': guilt. Why should… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have… — Lillian Smith Copy Share Image
If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
“You may be thinking, But life really has dealt me a bad hand. It’s really not my fault that my life sucks.… — Jillian Michaels Copy Share Image
“While we readily see the problem with a person being oblivious to or dismissive of his problematic thinking and behavior, we are… — Eric Bjarnson Ph.D Copy Share Image
The 'Vampire of Ropraz' claims to be based on a true story, but the name of Rosa's father matches that of a… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
Christianity cannot erase man's need for pleasure, nor can it eradicate the various sources of pleasure. What it can do, however, and… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents'… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt. Sure, we all feel it. But we also… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
I have Type-1 diabetes, so Team 1 Diabetes is one thing I've been a part of for a while, empowering kids who… — RaeLynn Copy Share Image
Despite their differences, pride, shame, and guilt all activate similar neural circuits, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, insula, and the nucleus… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The Barry Goldwater movement excited the depths because the apocalypse was brought more near, and like millions of other whites, I had… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Generosity helps us make a concerted effort to keep the needs of others in the forefront of our thinking. Rich people should… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
If only it were possible to love without injury – fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Guilt was a thief. It would steal your mind, mess with your priorities and would eventually steer you from your original plan.… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
“I’d been so used to the court system and thinking of myself as a criminal. I’d been so used to pleading in… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“A weight sits on my chest, bending it in. Crushing guilt. “It’s not fair.” “Life often isn’t,” Nicholas says gently. “Logan had… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
Your so-called religions have made you very tense. Because they have created guilt in you. My effort here is to help you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
No disease of the imagination is so difficult to cure, as that which is complicated with the dread of guilt : fancy… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“It was the senior stew's position to be at the top of the ramp when the men got off in Vietnam. But… — Christian G. Appy Copy Share Image
There is no life without guilt anyway, at least in the Western world. I think in other civilizations it might be different… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
As long as our restlessness, anxiety, and feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Guilt nagged at me. She didn't technically ask me a question, so in theory, I didn't owe her a response, but the… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
Take events logically one by one; ask yourself what is your dharma pertaining to a given event; and do it; and move… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
When the Holy Spirit comes to live within you, He will come with the ability to produce righteousness. Righteousness is the nature… — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of alternative roles for Indian actors. I think we've fallen short of portraying Indians in the media. We… — Chris Eyre Copy Share Image
Grief and guilt. A powerful combination. Guilt like a liquid, a thin liquor, seeping everywhere, informing everything, saturating the whole-corrosive, like seawater,… — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
A professionally trained actress should be a better liar, wouldn't you think? But no. I am pathetically underachieved in that area. I… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
