"In many criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very powerful sense of guilt which existed before the crime, and is therefore not its result but its motive. It is as if it was a relief to be able to fasten this unconscious sense of guilt on to something real and immediate."

Guilt, Psychology, Crime, Motive

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"In many criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very powerful sense of guilt which existed before the crime, and is therefore not its result but its motive. It is as if it was a relief to be able to fasten this unconscious sense of guilt on to something real and immediate."

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Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

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"There is no such thing as collective guilt."

Kurt Waldheim, Austrian Politician

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"Consider guilt like a street sign that warns of rough roads ahead if you don't make a u-turn."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy."

Dennis Miller, American Comedian

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"Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up."

Marge Kennedy, American Author

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"At the same time I know that it's not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

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"I don't feel guilt. Whatever I wish to do, I do."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

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"With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

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"Whether they knew of didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. (...) by beating himself on the chest and proclaiming, "My conscience is clear! I did not know! I was a believer!" Isn't his "I did not know I was a believer!" at the very root of his irreparable guilt?"

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"It's a terrible thing, what we did, said Francis abruptly. "I mean, this man was not Voltaire we killed. But still. It's a shame. I feel bad about it."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

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"Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief."

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"Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it."

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"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition."

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"Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism."

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"Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts."

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"Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone."

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"A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist."

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"Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires."

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"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection."

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"Anatomy is destiny."

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