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“Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through.”

Men May Earth Spirit Sleep Break Darkness Alive Capable Shame Chains Break Through Anthem Prometheus

Book:Anthem

Source: Anthem

“A great wave of humiliation and shame swept over me. Shame that I belonged to a race that could be so dealt with; and shame for my country, that it, the great example of democracy to the world, should be the only civilized, if not the only state on earth, where a human being would be burned alive.”

Source: The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays

“There's no shame in having to fight every day, but fighting every day, and presumably, if you're still alive to hear these words or read this interview, then you are winning your war. You're here.”

Ifs Stills War Fighting Winning Alive Shame Interviews Help With Depression

Author:Jared Padalecki

“Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the miserable hopes that have kept him alive.”

Men Alive Shame Graves Miserable

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?”

Sometimes Girl Wish Half Fire Alive Shame Wings Sorry Necks Brows Blushing Flare Gnats Flare Up

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)

“Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. Man, not men. ~Equality 7-2521 (as Prometheus), pgs 103-104”

Men Heart May Hands Earth Spirit Night Lost Wish Sleep Break Darkness Alive Goes On Battle Despair Capable Died Shame Finals Chains Break Through Banner Without Hope Prometheus

Book:Anthem

Source: Anthem

“You think you are alive because you breathe air? Shame on you, that you are alive in such a limited way. Don't be without Love, so you won't feel dead. Die in Love and stay alive forever.”

Thinking Way Feels Dies Forever Alive Air Shame Breathe Without Love Staying Alive Shame On You

Author:Rumi

“Now I know my Redeemer lives. I know my Redeemer lives. Let all creation testify let this life within me cry. I know my Redeemer. He lives to take away my shame. And He lives forever I'll tproclaim That the payment for my sin was the precious life He gave. But now He's alive and there's an empty grave”

Knows Sin Forever Alive Cry Creation Empty Shame Graves Redemption This Life Payment Redeemer Precious Life

Author:Nicole C. Mullen

“Words will never fully capture what is alive in our hearts.It would be a shame, though, if we denied our bears their dancing.”

Ifs Heart Would Be Alive Bears Shame Dancing Capture Denied

Author:Dinty W. Moore

“Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done (both utterly useless and weakening) or in a future which we either long for or dread. . . . There is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute, here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Which is exactly what it is-a miracle and unrepeatable.”