(253 quotes found)
“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution”
Oscar Wilde
“To take upon oneself not punishment, but guilt - that alone would be godlike”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”
Jane Austen
“The guilty think all talk is of themselves”
Geoffrey Chaucer
“The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.”
Ayn Rand
“Guilt is anger directed at ourselves -- at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others -- at what they did or did not do.”
Peter McWilliams
“The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually both.”
Susan Sontag
“I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.”
Angelina Jolie
“My guilt is all I have left. If I lose it, I have stood for nothing, done nothing, been nothing.”
William Kennedy
“Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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