“It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small stone of activism, which might not seem to measure up to the rugged boulders of heroism we have so admired, is a paltry offering toward the building of an edifice of hope. Many who believe this choose to withhold their offerings out of shame. This is the tragedy of the world. For we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile.” WorldYearsBelieveFeelingsSeemsMightFallCoursesIndividualI BelieveCan DoCommonBuildingPlanetsHeroStonesTragedyShameActivismDestructiveImperfectOfferingHeroismEdificeRuggedBoulders Book:Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism Source: Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism
“Things can change if the military can do a paradigm shift and gets out of the shame and coverup cycle and be a leader in our culture. In the 50s, 60s and 70s there were huge race problems in the military even more severe than the culture at large. The military saw it was detrimental and it changed and became a model to society at large.” IfsProblemCultureCan DoRaceLeaderSawsMilitaryChangedHugeModelsShameCyclesSevereParadigmDetrimentalParadigm Shift Author:Amy Ziering
“Assume that a surgeon has discovered how to do brain surgery, that he can do only one a month, that 1,000 persons a year need such an operation if they are to survive. How is the surgeon's scarce resource to be allocated? Charge whatever price is necessary to adjust supply and demand, say $50,000! 'For shame,' some will cry. 'Your market system will save only wealthy people.' For the moment, yes. But soon there will be hundreds of surgeons who will acquire the same skill; and, as in the case of the once scarce and expensive 'miracle drugs,' the price then will be within reach of all.” PeopleIfsNeedsYearsPersonsMomentsCan DoBrainCasesCryMonthsDrugSkillsDemandResourcesMiracleShameAssumingOperationsAcquireExpensiveWealthySurgerySurgeonsScarceWithin ReachSupply And DemandBrain SurgeryScarce Resources Author:Leonard Read
“The thing we want for all our kids is that they be connected with a learning community and that they have strong social and familial relationships. If we can do whatever we can do to create that and to reduce bullying and to reduce the kind of pain and shame so many kids feel for so many reasons, that stuff is going to reduce drug addiction.” IfsWantFeelsKindReasonKidsPainStrongSocialStuffCan DoCommunityDrugShameAddictionConnectedBullyingDrug AddictionDrug Addict Author:Maia Szalavitz
“I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these are all things that can turn into jobs. You know, wood shop, steel shop, welding. These are all things that can turn into great careers, get kids interested. Things they can do with other students. Other things for our word thinkers: journalism clubs, drama clubs.” ThinkingKnowsArtRealHandsKidsSchoolJobsTurnsCan DoClassCareersTakenStudentsDramaAll ThingsShameCookingClubsWoodsJournalismShopsThinkerSteelMechanicOur WordsSewingArt MusicWeldingAuto MechanicDrama Club Author:Temple Grandin
“It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.” MenFunnyCan DoHoursWorkDrinkShameEightAlcoholMaking LoveFunny Work Author:William Faulkner
“Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. Some things are so sad that only your soul can do the crying for them.” LifeInspirationalBelieveHeartSoulHelpingFeelingsCan DoLonelinessCryShamePainfulYour SoulShantaramSo Sad Author:Gregory David Roberts
“Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little princ..." (Rapunzel glares) "Prin... soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that.” KnowsMeanLittlesCan DoGrewGrew UpToughGoldShameHeyThirtyPrisonerTowersCoinsGlareRapunzelGold Coins Author:Shannon Hale
“I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.” ThinkingDoeSometimesActionHappinessCan DoGoodnessShameMereVicesSensesAwkwardGood DeedsStraightforwardPreventingDoingsSenselessness Book:A Grief Observed Source: A Grief Observed
“You can’t lose with the stuff I use!”; “Some may say money is the root of all evil, but being in poverty is a damn shame!”; “The best thing you can do for the poor is not be one of them”; “God doesn’t want you to have your pie-in-the-sky, by and by, when you die. He wants you to have it now with a cherry on top!”; and “If it’s that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in. He doesn’t even have a bribe for the gatekeeper!” IfsThinkingMenWantMayUseDiesEvilHeavenStuffDifficultCan DoLosesPoorPovertyRichSkyTerribleRootsShameBest ThingsDamnPieRich ManPoor ManCherriesBribeGatekeepersMoney Is The Root Of All Evil Author:Reverend Ike
“If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.” IfsWantBookPhilosophySpiritualScienceLyingCan DoJusticeMoralityOkayOppositesShameAtheistRecognitionBehavePreachingCheatAgnosticDecencyMafia Author:Dennis McKinsey
“Let dissolution come when it will, it can do the Christian no harm, for it will be but a passage out of a prison into a palace; out of a sea of troubles into a haven of rest; out of a crowd of enemies, to an innumerable company of true, loving, and faithful friends; out of shame, reproach, and contempt, into exceeding great and eternal glory.” ChristianCan DoCompanyEnemyTroubleSeaHavensEternalGloryShamePrisonCrowdsHarmFaithfulContemptPassagesPalacesReproachDissolutionFaithful Friends Book:The Riches of Bunyan Source: The Riches of Bunyan