Closing Quote by Marianne Williamson

Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience.

— Tom Hodgkinson

We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.

— Deepak Chopra

“Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind. 'Seeking the Heart of…

— Joseph Goldstein

Guilt is the most destructive of all emotions. It mourns what has been while playing no part in what may be, now or in…

— Penelope Leach

No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue;…

— Henry Fielding

Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe…

— Samuel Johnson

Guilt can interfere with our desires to move forward, to heal properly and to become a person who has the mental health and means…

— Anonymous

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.

— Jane Porter

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow.

— Horace Bushnell

Unfortunately, of course, guilt is an artifact of agricultural-age religion and is designed specifically to prevent humans from thinking and operating on a collective…

— Timothy Morton

The guilts no good, and it only shames us more

— Framing Hanley

Our sensitivity to personal guilt is a fundamental trait of our humanness that distinguishes us from animals. To try to suppress the conscience is…

— John Macarthur