#sham

The more I work with Nature and totemism, the more church is everywhere. ↗

— S. Kelley Harrell

#shamanism #totemism #nature

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#shambhala #teacher

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#heartfelt #shame #sorrow #tears #need

We need never be ashamed of our tears. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#shame #sorrow #tears #need

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see. ↗

— Kathryn Lasky

#journey

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest ↗

— William Faulkner

#honesty #yourself #honesty

Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent ? ↗

— Anne Rice

#shame #cruelty

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again. ↗

— George W. Bush

#dumb #foolishness #fools #shame

Shame is a soul eating emotion. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#shame #shame

Poseidon raised his eyebrows as they shook hands. “Blowfish, did you say?” Ah, no. Blofis, actually.” Oh, I see,” Poseidon said. “A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon.” Poseidon? That’s an interesting name.” Yes, I like it. I’ve gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.” Like the god of the sea.” Very much like that, yes. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#poseidon #shame