Ashamed Quote by Anais Nin

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

— Adela Florence Nicolson

“People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being…

— Michael Pollan

“Devotion is a spiritual act of egoless surrender. When the Self blinds the spirit too tightly, then devotion expands the blinding by lifting us…

— anodea judith

Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on which we…

— Charles Caleb Colton

A devotee has no agenda of his own. For him, the object of devotion is everything.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely…

— Annie Dillard

Devotion is when your involvement with life is so absolute that you yourself do not matter anymore.

— Jaggi Vasudev

Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.

— Krishna Das

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

— Anonymous

The virtue involved in helping those one loves is not 'selflessness' or 'sacrifice,' but integrity.

— Ayn Rand

Devotion as an act is vulgar. Devotion as a way of life is wonderful. If you are a great devotee, it is ugly. If…

— Jaggi Vasudev

“If practiced correctly, generosity can induce feelings of shame, inadequacy, and even envy, to name just a few.”

— David Sedaris