“But the guilt goes even deeper than that. It, too, is dust: Layers and layers of it have accumulated.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too. — Janet Macunovich Copy Share Image
“Shame is the landfill emotion. It's not organic, like joy. It was dumped there by somebody else.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed. — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I felt bad for trying to live a happy, full life, while my heart was buried in a dead man’s chest.” — Kristen Hope Mazzola Copy Share Image
“You are walking on thin ice - the ice of what remains of the trust between us - carrying the weight of… — Prashant Chopra Copy Share Image
Our sensitivity to personal guilt is a fundamental trait of our humanness that distinguishes us from animals. To try to suppress the… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“He takes the guilt and responsibility that others can't. John takes the punches. I just take the hunger, and most times it… — A.C. Gaughen Copy Share Image
With other people, Hilly hands out lies like the Presbyterians hand out guilt, but it's our own silent agreement, this strict honesty,… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The most outstanding manifestation of negative growth in the spiritual, mental and physical health of the human race through eons of evolution… — Zeina Copy Share Image
The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
So, in the infinitely nobler battle in which you are engaged against error and wrong, if ever repulsed or stricken down, may… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“I think I'd better plead the fifth." "Isn't that an admission of guilt, Detective?" "Legally, it's a neutral position." "Oh, but it's… — Victoria Dahl Copy Share Image
I think it would be nice to have a guilt free possibility to act out all kinds of sexual fantasies... So that… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
“They say watch the breathing, watch the diet and for God’s sake make that kid go quiet. But they never say: “I… — Mircea Popister Copy Share Image
“That was a moment where something clarified about shame for me: it’s not just something negative but some kind of arrow, it’s… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
“The feeling of shame has the same demonic potential to encompass our whole personality. Instead of the momentary feeling of being limited,… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
From out of nowhere, Phury felt an overwhelming tide of guilt, like someone had popped the lid off all his deepest concerns… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt. — Natalie Wood Copy Share Image
never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it — Kevin Brooks Copy Share Image
What would become of the world if the condemned started to confide their heartaches to the executioners? — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
A villain who shares one's guilt is inevitably more attractive than a hero convinced of one's innocence. — Kenneth Tynan Copy Share Image
“We require to get out of our own built up Cocoons, these need to be worn, softened and freed through.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
In a court of law, you're innocent until proven guilty. In a relationship, you're guilty until proven innocent! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You should never have a relationship based on guilt over someone's poor choices.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Shame without repentance doesn’t lose power when it is spoken, it only seeks approval.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale. — Horace Copy Share Image
“The god she could outrun, but the guilt was already catching up to her.” — J-F Dubeau Copy Share Image
What is guilt? It is moral self-reproach-I did wrong when it was possible to have done otherwise. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Don't let the guilt of the past keep you from the victories of the future.” — Todd Stocker Copy Share Image
But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent! — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
