What is guilt?

Famous quotes containing the word guilt:

“If “there is no harm in asking,” why guilt and fear when we do so?”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee!
Let the Water and the Blood,
From thy riven Side which flow’d,
Be of sin the double cure;
Cleanse me from its guilt and pow’r.”
—Augustus Montague Toplady (1740–1778)

“Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one’s guilt by one’s looks.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)