Guilt Quotes
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Denial, panic, threats, anger - those are very human responses to feeling guilt.
Joshua Oppenheimer
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The price we pay for our advance in civilization is a loss of happiness through the heightening of the sense of guilt.
Sigmund Freud
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The Prosecution holds me responsible for the concentration camps, for the destruction of Jewish life, for Einsatzgruppen and other things. All of this is neither in accord with the evidence nor with the truth. The accusers as well as the accused are exposed to the dangers of a summary proceeding. It is correct that I had to take over the Reich Security Main Office. There was no guilt in that in itself. Such offices exist in governments of other nations too. However, the task and activity assigned to me in 1943 consisted almost exclusively in the reorganization of the German political and military intelligence service, though not as Heydrich's successor. Almost a year after his death I had to accept this post under orders and as an officer at a time when suspicion fell on Admiral Canaris of having collaborated with the enemy for years. In a short time I ascertained the treason of Canaris and his accomplices to the most frightful extent.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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Before any final solution to American history can occur, a reconciliation must be effected between the spiritual owner of the land - American Indians - and the political owner of the land - American Whites. Guilt and accusations cannot continue to revolve in a vacuum without some effort at reaching a solution.
Vine Deloria, Jr.
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In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilt for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I do not believe in guilt, moderation or dull pencils.
Nancy Lam
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To be truthful, I think golfers are overpaid. It's unreal, and I have trouble dealing with the guilt sometimes.
Colin Montgomerie
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The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Seneca the Younger
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To admit guilt for nonexistent crimes is unacceptable to me.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.
Whittaker Chambers
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One might think, that a period which, within fifty years, uproots, enslaves or kills seventy million human beings, should only, and forthwith, be condemned. But also its guilt must be understood.
Albert Camus
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William Cowper
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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
Rita Mae Brown
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Guilt is tricky because we confuse it with caring. ... It's the next best thing to being there.
Ellyn Stern
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I try to be sensitive, but the atmosphere I create is very supportive. One overriding premise of the series is that guilt is not heritable. It's good to know about them, but you are not responsible for them. You don't have to apologize for them. It's a process of knowing, and the more you know, the richer the sense of yourself. The firmer your foundation as a human being is
Henry Louis Gates
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To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal.
Catherine Cookson
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could.
Erica Jong
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This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.
Bo Lozoff
