My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Guilt is an absolute certainty that should never be questioned.
- In plain terms
- Guilt is never to be doubted.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept guilt as an undeniable reality when it arises.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When have you doubted your guilt?
- Is guilt always certain?
Another view
Doubt can sometimes reveal false guilt imposed by others.
More from Franz Kafka
My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
Permalink to quote #99 My life is hesitation before birth.
Permalink to quote #101 May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
Permalink to quote #98
Related quotes
By the sympathy of your human hearts for sin ye shall scent out all the places - whether in church, bedchamber, street, field, or forest - where crime has been…
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne quote #3 Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart …
Robert SouthRobert South quote #3 No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burd…
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony quote #7