Guilt and remorse are retrospective by definition 
and exempt the guilty party from any redeeming act 
of expiation or creative renewal. Guilt and remorse 
are forms of despair and sloth.

G.E. Stearn, “A Dialogue—Marshall McLuhan and 
G.E. Stearn,” in McLuhan: Hot & Cool , edited by G.E. 
Stearn, (New York, 1967), p.  279.