“Guilt is a destructive and ultimately pointless emotion”

“Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is then no longer guilt but the beginning of knowledge. Yet all too often, guilt is just another name for impotence, for defensiveness destructive of communication; it becomes a device to protect ignorance and the continuation of things the way they are, the ultimate protection for changelessness.”

“My mother is now in the hospital 60 miles away, where they are treating her pneumonia. I refuse to feel guilty. Guilt is a destructive emotion and doesn't fit in with my Life Plan.”

“It was an addiction. A pointless, self-destructive addiction. But really, is there any other kind?”

“Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree?”

“Guilt is a feeble emotion. It surrenders too easily”