Edward Snowden Quotes

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.

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

Mistakes you can learn from; sins stay with you forever.

Sin carries in it its own misery.

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.

Remorse is sorrow over being caught and the pain of consequences that follow. Repentance is not being concerned for ourselves but having a contrite heart.

Pride is not a word or sentiment I can ascribe to anything I have done or do. As far as regret, it is a luxury I can not afford. Anything I did, that was bad or wrong or regretful, I stand accused, I am guilty and I'm ready to serve my time.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

To truly repent of a big thing, you have to go into it with your heart open and force yourself to deal with it at that level and to apologize to God.

Avoid what will require an apology.

I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and the American people.

If I do bad, shoot me.

If I do bad, shoot me.