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“No matter what feeling comes up - numbness, irritability, shame - if I let it arise and play itself through, I naturally open into wakefulness and care.”

Ifs Matter Play Feelings Care Shame No Matter What Come Up Arise Numbness

Author:Tara Brach

“Praying actualizes and deepens our communion with God. Our prayer can and should arise above all from our heart, from our needs, our hopes, our joys, our sufferings, from our shame over sin, and from our gratitude from the good. It can and should be a wholly personal prayer.”

Needs Should Heart Joy Suffering Prayer Sin Praying Gratitude Shame Arise Communion Our Prayers Communion With God

Book:Jesus of Nazareth

Source: Jesus of Nazareth

“... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.”

Problem Left Knowing Ignorance Behavior Shame Arise Not Knowing Irrational Vacuums Mind Blowing

Book:The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

Source: The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

“The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.”

Should Deserve Praise Shame Arise

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.”

Men God Conscience Shame Arise

Book:Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson

Source: Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson

“When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.”

People Ifs Should Happens Easy Rooms Mistake Shame Blame Arise Repeats Senior Mantras Mistakes Happen

Book:The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses