Guilt Quotes

1189 Guilt quotes by 844 unique authors

Nothing about his life is more strange to [man] or more unaccountable in purely mundane terms than the stirrings he finds in himself, usually fitful… — Lewis Mumford
I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is guilt in every… — Don McCullin
Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must… — Maxwell Maltz
Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long as they do… — Paulo Coelho
"It almost always happens that people enjoy a few moments and then afterwards feel very guilty. The guilt arises because of the ego. The ego… — Rajneesh
So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each… — John Milton
Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance, and somehow you… — James Autry
But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves… — A. E. Housman
It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit… — Hannah Arendt
Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action. — Audre Lorde
There is no client as scary as an innocent man. — Michael Connelly
Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not. — Maureen Johnson
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats… — Robert South
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many. — Unknown Author
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted. — Juvenal
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves. — Peter McWilliams
Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway. — Isabelle Holland
For socialists, not just the wealth, but the guilt must be redistributed. — Andrew Sandlin
Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow. — Horace Bushnell
You can bear anything if it is not your fault. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

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