“It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness in the universe, while the former may develop a sense of shame in the opponent, and thereby bring about a transformation and change of heart.” HeartMayUniverseExistenceViolenceTransformationShameFormerOpponentsLatterBitternessChange Of Heart Book:In a Single Garment of Destiny Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny
“He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ. It is for this purpose that the mild tribunal of penitence was here initiated, in order that we, being cleansed and amended through penitence here below, may give an answer without shame at the terrible judgment-seat of Christ.” GivingMayChristianPurposeOrderChristAnswersTerribleJudgmentAccountsShameSeatsOrthodoxConfessionAccustomedOrthodox ChristianTribunalsPenitence Author:John of Kronstadt
“O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes” MenHeartMayEyeFightingStrongSportsShameWarriorHeatBe A Man Book:The Iliad of Homer Source: The Iliad of Homer
“Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately extinguished lamp is enough to cause a miscarriage. And to think that from such a frail beginning a tyrant or butcher may be born! You who trust in your physical strength, who embrace the gifts of fortune and consider yourself not their ward but their son, you who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you!” ThinkingMayLittlesEnoughSpiritCausesBornCompassionSonBirthShameEmbraceFortuneSmellDestroyedBreastsTyrantsLampsFrailButchersPrecariousMiscarriagePhysical Strength Author:Pliny the Elder
“Marriage may restrict your activity, but it increases your pleasure. It permits sex without shame, fear, or guilt.” MaySexPleasureMarriageActivityIncreaseShameGuiltPermit Author:Robert H. Schuller
“Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away.” WorldGivingTryingMaySelfSometimesHumorBigsLordLaughingImportanceShameFellowsVanitySense Of HumorManifestSense Of SelfSelf-importance Author:Sean O'Casey
“The divergent series are the invention of the devil, and it is a shame to base on them any demonstration whatsoever. By using them, one may draw any conclusion he pleases and that is why these series have produced so many fallacies and so many paradoxes.” MaySciencePleaseDrawsDevilShameSeriesInventionConclusionParadoxDemonstrationFallacyDivergentDivergent SeriesAbel Author:Niels Henrik Abel
“Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end, and one means is surely as good as another, since the end obtained is always the same. In any case the exceptional, endlessly repeated, is no different than the banal; and unceasing recapitulation can add nothing, in the end, to the sum of experience. I am weary and hopeless three times the dupe. Why have you trained me in the shame of abominable sins?” MayMeanDifferentEndsThreeSinCasesShameAddLustSensualityHopelessWearyThree TimesExceptionalDupesRecapitulation Author:Remy de Gourmont