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“Man hazards the condition and loses the virtues of a freeman, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view without anguish or shame, his lapse into the bondage of debtor.”

Men Loses Views Virtue Conditions Shame Debt Proportion Anguish Bondage Hazards Lapses Freeman Debtors

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Shame cannot exist in conditions of light, sunshine, and humor. So the very moment that you share your most shameful moments - and can learn to laugh about them - then the spell is lifted. And you, too, are free.”

Moments Light Laughing Share Conditions Shame Sunshine Spells Shameful

Author:Christiane Northrup

“Part of that is ordinary African-Americans, you come out of your house and you see the conditions in your neighborhood and you see, folks in your neighborhood doing certain things that, are irresponsible. You know, the thing I always think about, you get up early in the morning to go to work and there's some dude outside drinking and you come home and the same dude is outside drinking hanging on the corner. And then this engenders a level of anger I think and a level of shame.”

Thinking Knows Home Certain House Levels Morning Conditions Ordinary Shame Drinking Folks Corners Get Up African American Neighborhood Coming Home Irresponsible Up Early Hanging On

Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.”

Inspirational Wells Character Lying Literature Conditions Honor Shame Your Honor

Book:An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke : to which is Added, The Universal Prayer, with Other Poems

Source: An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke : to which is Added, The Universal Prayer, with Other Poems

“Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.”

Source: Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

“Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme, ferocious type. Shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence.”

Lying Turns Violence Conditions Type Roots Shame Extremes Axes

Author:Salman Rushdie

“A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.”

Self Conditions Honesty Sorrow Conscience Shame Foundation Guilt Invites Immense Anguish Condemnation Tranquil

Author:Richard G. Scott

“When we speak to drunkards, worldlings, or any ignorant, unconverted men, we disgrace them as in that condition to the utmost, and lay it on as plainly as we can speak, and tell them of their sin, and shame, and misery: and we expect, not only that they should bear all patiently, but take all thankfully, and we have good reasons for all this; and most that I deal with do take it patiently... But if we speak to a godly minister against his errors or any sin... if it be not more an applause than a reprehension, they take it as an injury almost insufferable.”

Ifs Men Should Reason Speak Sin Deals Conditions Bears Shame Lays Misery Errors Ignorant Ministers Injury Godly Disgrace Applause Drunkards Insufferable

Author:Richard Baxter

“Everyone's sex life is funny except your own. Every person's is, and yours never is. The lengths people go to — and the extremes and the conditions and the mental exercises and guilt and shame and happiness that everybody goes through — and what they'll do for sex is never-ending and mind-boggling and very interesting to me. And I don't think a lot of times people choose any of it.”

People Thinking Mind Persons Life Is Sex Interesting Conditions Exercise Shame Guilt Extremes Length Very Interesting Never Ending Mind Boggling

Author:John Waters