Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous
to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of
guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat
of his own conscience.
[Lat., Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi
Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se
Judice nemo nocens absolvitur.]
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Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone read more
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
Guilt is a sure sign your thinking is unnatural.
*
HS was the amanuensis for the Course In Miracles.
Guilt is a sure sign your thinking is unnatural.
*
HS was the amanuensis for the Course In Miracles.
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of read more
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of performing a public
duty.
Guilt is the source of sorrow, 'tis the fiend,Th' avenging fiend, that follows us behindWith whips and stings.
Guilt is the source of sorrow, 'tis the fiend,Th' avenging fiend, that follows us behindWith whips and stings.
