Guilt & remorse

I am a sinner
Who's prob'ly gonna sin again

Kendrick Lamar

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Tell me that it's nobody's fault
Nobody's fault
But my own

Beck

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Sometimes I just want to paint the words ‘It's my fault’ across my forehead to save people the time of being pissed off at me.

—Christina Westover

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There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.

—Sabaa Tahir

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Fear-based superego stays behind its dark curtain, accusing us and wringing its hands. Conscience propels us outward in the direction of other people, toward conscious action both minor and great.

—Martha Stout

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When conscience ceases to exist, truth loses its way.

—Allene Vanoirschot

Life after death

Healing a wounded sense of morality

On feeling guilty

Childhood guilt, adult depression?

How to forgive ourselves for what we can’t change

When guilt is good