Quotes by Guilt Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing, they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge. Euripides death-penalty guilt revenge Convictions following the admission into evidence of confessions which are involuntary, i.e., the product of coercion, either physical or psychological, cannot stand. This is so not because such confessions are unlikely to be true but because the methods used to extract them offend an underlying principle in the enforcement of our criminal law: that ours is an accusatorial, and not an inquisitorial, system - a system in which the State must establish guilt by evidence independently and freely secured, and may not, by coercion, prove its charges against an accused out of his own mouth. Felix Frankfurter guilt principles law Ours is an accusatorial, and not an inquisitorial, system - a system in which the State must establish guilt by evidence independently and freely secured, and may not, by coercion, prove its charge against an accused out of his own mouth. Felix Frankfurter guilt coercion mouths When you speak to any, especially of quality, look them full in the face; other gestures betraying want of breeding, confidence, or honesty; dejected eyes confessing, to most judgments, guilt or folly. Frances Osborne honesty guilt eye With the Fall all became abnormal. It is not just that the individual is separated from God by his true moral guilt, but each of us is not what God made us to be. Beyond each of us as individuals, human relationships are not what God meant them to be. And beyond that, nature is abnormal - the whole cause-and-effect significant history is now abnormal. To say it another way: there is much in history now which should not be. Francis Schaeffer abnormal guilt fall Women singly do a good deal of harm. Women in bulk are chastening. Frank Moore Colby shame harm guilt Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace. Frank Herbert guilt feelings opportunity Guilt starts as a feeling of failure. Frank Herbert thrive guilt feelings When the masculine mystique is pulling boys and men out into the world to growl manly noises at one another, the only power with astronger pull on the male psyche is maternally induced guilt. The guilt is quite necessary for our moral development, but it is often uncomfortable. Frank Pittman guilt men boys The state we find ourselves in is sinful quite independent of guilt. Franz Kafka independent states guilt We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt. Franz Kafka states guilt tree Collective guilt is borne by what is conventionally called the scapegoat. Now the scapegoat for white society - which is based on myths of progress, civilization, liberalism, education, enlightenment, refinement - will be precisely the force that opposes the expansion and the triumph of these myths. This brutal opposing force is supplied by the Negro. Frantz Fanon guilt white civilization It feels much nobler to feel guilty than resentful, and it takes more courage to express resentment than guilt. With expressing guilt you expect to pacify your opponent; with expressing resentment you might stir up hostility in him. Frederick Salomon Perls opponents guilt might My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. Franz Kafka doubted guiding-principles guilt The butchering may continue as it will, it shall remain the historical guilt of the Western powers that they did not promptly provide the sharpest preventative measures against the continued attack-politics Germany undertook. Possibilities existed for this, but no measures were seized upon. Friedrich Kellner germany guilt historical It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. Friedrich Schiller criminals greatness guilt Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt. Francois de La Rochefoucauld innocence guilt doe You let go of the past, and stop bringing the past into the present and replaying it into the future. You release guilt, shame, and you can create an entirely new pattern for yourself. Gabrielle Bernstein guilt letting-go past Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better. Gal Gadot guilt mother trying Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt Francois de La Rochefoucauld innocence lucky guilt «7891011121314151617»