The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.

People often stay in friendships because of a long, shared history, and maybe even a sense of guilt about moving forward and making new friends.

Never feel guilty. Don’t hold yourself back by guilt or fear. No other species in the entire world deals with guilt. Guilt is a bizarre emotion that makes you feel bad about decisions that you make.

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead.

Confession of one’s guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.