Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that…

Guilt is the source of sorrow, 'tis the fiend, Th' avenging fiend, that follows us behind, With whips and stings

— Nicholas Rowe

The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning.

— Raymond Radiguet

“Bad business should be done without guilt if it is a source of income.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Light shines into the act of life for only the briefest moment-perhaps only a matter of seconds. Once it is gone and failed to…

— Anonymous

Not to be cowardly when it comes to our own actions! Not to leave them in the lurch!--The sting of conscience is indecent.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I have come to think that life is a far more limited thing than those in the midst of its maelstorm realize. That light…

— Haruki Murakami

It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“His pen spoke more to her than he ever did”. In the war of words, some are unwritten and some are unspoken.”

— Nishikant

“Memory in the mind of man can adapt to the worst conditions. I'll give you an example, an analogy of sorts: Each night I…

— Bob Thurber

Cheating is like eating fast food. You do it, you enjoy it, and then you end up feeling like shit.

— Ritu Ghatourey

The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes,…

— Mary Catherine Bateson

“They needed someone to hate, a tangible focus for their remorse and disappointment, and I’d been elected, the projection of their own inner hell.”

— Donald O'Donovan

“My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a…

— Richard J. O'Brien

Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations,…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…

— Martin Luther King, Jr