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“No good has ever come from feeling guilty, neither intelligence,…” quote by Paul Goodman — Download Open image

“No good has ever come from feeling guilty, neither intelligence, policy, nor compassion. The guilty do not pay attention to the object but only to themselves, and not even to their own interests, which might make sense, but to their anxieties.”

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