"Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow." — Horace Bushnell

"Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow."

— Horace Bushnell

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22 Quotes by Horace Bushnell

Horace Bushnell has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves
Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species…
When has the world seen a phenomenon like this? a lonely uninstructed youth, coming from amid the moral darkness of…
Christ's sacrifice stands in glorious proportions with the work to be done. Nothing else or less would suffice. It is…
Christ wants to lead men by their love, their personal love to Him, and the confidence of His personal love…
Live as with God; and, whatever be your calling, pray for the gift that will perfectly qualify you in it.
Christ does not dress up a moral picture, and ask you to observe its beauty. He only tells you how…
Persecution has not crushed it, power has not beaten it back, time has not abated its force, and, what is…
A house without a roof would scarcely be a more different home, than a family unsheltered by God's friendship, and…
Trust in God for great things. With your five loaves and two fishes He will show you a way to…
Take your burdens, and troubles, and losses, and wrongs, if come they must and will, as your opportunities, knowing that…
Somewhere under the stars God has a job for you to do and nobody else can do it.

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More Guilt Quotes

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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. — Saint Augustine
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. — Jane Austen
I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and… — Peter Ackroyd
I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm… — Amy Adams
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but… — Simone de Beauvoir
Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. — Martha Beck
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house. — Aeschylus
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. — Erma Bombeck
I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star. — Bono
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must… — Omar N. Bradley

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