I don't believe in guilt¹, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally² hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.

Angelina Jolie (1975 - )

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

Anonymous³

Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)

If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved⁴ you from guilt, you would not be without friends.

Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre pg. 61

Guilt is helpful only when it keeps us acting⁵ in line with our beliefs and morals. Otherwise, it creates needless suffering.

Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint⁶ Custody⁷ with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011

Peace visits not the guilty mind.

(Nemo Malus Felix)

Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD)

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves--at what we did or did not do.

Peter McWilliams, Life 101

Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

Peter McWilliams, Life 101

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC)

Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.

William Cowper (1731 - 1800)

So full of artless jealousy⁸ is guilt,

It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 4 scene 5

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part III, Act V, sc. 6