Anne Bradstreet Quotes

There are some things we should feel guilty about, but the guilt feelings should attach to the deed, not to the doer.

If anyone has a conscience it's generally a guilty one.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.

Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.

The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin.

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

Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.

Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.

There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.

Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.

Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee!

You choose sin. You practice sin.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.

Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.

There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he receives a sting in his soul.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

Oh but I'd pay anything to keep my conscience clean.I'm keeping my eyes on the the exit sign. Steady now.

Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.

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.

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

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.