Sin is a technique of the pseudo-religions. A true religion has no need of the concept at all. The pseudo-religion cannot live… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Mysticism requires the notion of the unknowable, which is revealed to some and withheld from others; this divides men into those who… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know that my… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Shame tells you when you've gone too far. Then you try if it's okay to go too far. And it might be… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
Ah, Christ, I love you rings to the wild sky And I must think a little of the past: When I was… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce,… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t some mysterious adverse personality trait that comprises of who I am, it unquestionably had a source - A cradle of… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man's flesh… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“When we neglect our Bible study we often feel guilty. When you skip a meal do you feel guilty? No, you feel… — Tyler Edwards Copy Share Image
The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest manly principle will daily accumulate. We are… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
What the historian Elie Kedourie called "the Chatham House Version" - that toxic amalgam of smugness, moral relativism, and cherished feelings of… — Roger Kimball Copy Share Image
“Then you haven't lost your soul. Only a creature with a soul can tell the difference between right and wrong. Yes, you've… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
“Because conflict-avoidant Emily would never “bite” or even hiss unless Greg had done something truly horrible, on some level she processes his… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is… — Don McCullin Copy Share Image
“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“The skeletons of the past must not hold back the dream of a new life, even though fear and regret, guilt and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Even in the miserable guilt we feel over our beastlike insensitivity, the glory of God shines. If God were not gloriously desirable,… — John Piper Copy Share Image
A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“After having everything, a rich man seeks applause and reverence, for there is guilt in his mind. The guilt of having everything… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
Family and work. Family and work. I can let them be at war, with guilt as their nuclear weapon and mutually assured… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
Many, many people - many parents feel that their decisions are, maybe not, great decisions. Every parent has that, you know, parent… — Kate Gosselin Copy Share Image
It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty until you die, and not one tiny slice of… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
This young man-whether he's my son or a stranger-repeatedly declares, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it." And he's shot down.… — Marguerite Oswald Copy Share Image
“At the age of twenty, I failed to grasp the difference between guilt, which can almost always be atoned for, and grief,… — Steve Yarbrough Copy Share Image
“If I was president of the Slime Committee, I'd make it easier to come clean about shit. If coming clean is what… — D.B.C. Pierre Copy Share Image
Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we've violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist; rather, it is the only… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
“If you are tempted to “teach” your child by guilt, shame, or punishment, you will be creating discouraging beliefs that are difficult… — Jane Nelsen Copy Share Image
Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cannon of the spirits says that intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carryout the intent does not absolve the guilt. ~… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“When you do feel shame, seek out someone who loves and accepts you for who you are, in the intimacy that exposure… — Daniel Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“He was filled with horror at the thought of what a child becomes, and what the dead must feel watching the change… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Unfortunately the student often feels guilt for not living the type of life that their Teacher suggested, or they feel that they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
![“[T]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if we are guilty, it all depends on us. We pull the strings of the catastrophe, so we can also save ourselves simply by changing our lives. What is really hard for us (at…” quote by Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/604/slavoj-i-ek-1738_2010_t-his-readiness-to-assume-the-guilt-for_2414026.jpg)
