Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Monday, September 1, 2008

GUILT

Suspicion always haunts the Guilty mind;
the thief doth fear each bush, an officer. ………William Shakespeare

Guilt is to danger, as fire is to gunpowder;
A man need not fear to walk into barrels of gunpowder, if he has no fire about him.
……John Flavel
Guilt is regret for what we have done,
Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do. ……Author Unknown

One who condones evils is just as Guilty,as the one who perpetrates it. ……..Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a free society, some are Guilty;
But all are responsible. …….Abraham Joshua Hershel

The Guilty one is not he who commits the sin;
But the one who causes the darkness. …….Victor Hugo

Nothing is more wretched to the mind of a man conscious of Guilt. …….PLautus

It is better that ten Guilty persons escape;
Than one innocent suffer. …..Sir William Blackstone
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