William Benton Quotes

I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror.

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart with perpetual wounds; for reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repentance, shames the soul with confusion, and punishes it with torment.

A guilty conscience means at least you have one.

Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?

To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's what The Firebombing is about.

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

I feel a little guilty only being an actor.

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.

I'd feel guilty just doing gags.

I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.

I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.

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

I was trying to protect my wife, I was trying to protect myself from shame, and I really regret it.

I feel terrible about it. Part of it is the horror of what happened and part of it is my guilt about being a part of it.

I wish I had intervened in Rwanda. I will spend the rest of my life regretting that I didn’t.

Had the Sally never sailed, I should have been preserved from an Evil, which has given me the most uneasiness, and has left the greatest impression and stain upon my Conduct in life...

I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of.

None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance.

We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are.

Remorse is the fruit of crime.

Guilt's a terrible thing.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.