Guilt (n.) can live in the unconscious of a man who consciously thinks his conduct does not matter at all — so he dreams of stealing the apple of Paradise instead of thinking 'I am doing wrong'.
Guilt (n.) owned in oneself is a gain in honour and dignity; the chief accuser stands not outside but as the judge who lives in our own hearts.
Guilt (n.) known consciously is a moral stimulus, for what remains unconscious is incorrigible — without guilt there is no psychic maturation and no widening of the spiritual horizon.
Guilt (n.) makes man eligible: the guilty man, not the guiltless who refuses life's tribute, is chosen as vessel for God's continuing incarnation — in the innocent the dark God finds no room.
Guilt (n.) can be missed as well as happiness, and without his final guilt a man will never reach his wholeness.
Guilt (n.) belonging to others interests only fools, who cannot change it; the wise learn only from their own.
Guilt (n.) is more profitably found in oneself than in others: once insight stops one projecting the shadow, one sees it is part of oneself and necessary to realize anything in this sublunary world.
Guilt (n.) that fate exacts is a debt to oneself, and this shows the worth of the psyche, for nobody can owe a debt to a mere nothing.
Guilt (n.) that can be accepted can be lived with: Jung cured a depressed mother by telling her point-blank that she had killed her child.