Shame Quote by Adam Begley Download Open image ““the “human need for transcendence should be met with minimal embarrassments to reason,”” — Adam Begley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Shame Spirituality
“Since both knowledge and virtue require the concept of transcendence, they are really obnoxious to those committed to material standards…” — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“Science is implausible to untutored human common sense, but that in no way casts doubt on the correctness of well-established scientific findings. Feelings of… — Russell Blackford Copy Share Image
“We were celebrating transcendental consciousness, the beauty of the universe, the beauty of being.” — Allen Cohen Copy Share Image
“The path to transcendence is unrecognized by many because it appears ordinary.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“We violate the innocence of things in the name of rationality so we can wander about, uninterrupted, in our search for passion and sentiment.” — Marlena De Blasi Copy Share Image
“There is no transcending our minds, only using them optimally.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
The desire for transcendence is intimately connected with the desire for creativity. It is just as essential to who and what we are. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“White encouraged Updike’s equally scrupulous commitment. They bonded over dashes, colons, and commas—most amazingly in an exchange of letters in the last two months… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“I scuttled without a shell, between houses and wives, a snake between skins, a monster of selfishness, my grotesque needs naked and pink.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“Even more than black death he dreaded the gaudy gate: the mask of sweet red rubber, the violet overhead lights, the rattling ride through… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“[A]s Norman Mailer pointed out decades ago, and Philip Roth not long afterwards, niceness is the enemy. Every soft stroke from society is like… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“I read and talked into the microphone and was gracious to the local rich, the English faculty and the college president, and the students… — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“Updike quashed the voice of his conscience, while at the same time clinging to a “me-first Salvationism.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
“the students with their clear skin and shining eyes and inviting innocence, like a blank surface one wishes to scribble obscenities on.” — Adam Begley Copy Share Image
It's a shame that when you've actually lived some life and have something to write about, they're saying you're too old to come out… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Mine would be, "We will stand together, he and I. One in victory, one in shame. Only then can I truly own the power… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be… — Carolyn Byers Ruch Copy Share Image
Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia. — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
I guarantee you [Hillary Clinton] is smoking in humiliation over the idea that she needs to heal and that [Donald] Trump's the guy to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“There's something energizing about getting what you want, even if that something is shame.” — Riley Sager Copy Share Image
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible. — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
“He stopped at an intersection, panting, rubbing at the twinge in his hamstrings, looking around, though he knew no cars were coming in either… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image