Nature Quote by Marcel Proust

“I believe that most of us construct a merciful deception between ourselves and the consequences of our existence in order that we do not…

— Patricia J. McLean

“I realize we all walk around pretending we have some control over our fate, because to recognize the truth--that no matter what we do,…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Misery will not come to the one who does not deceive his own Self. Miseries arise because one deceives one’s own Self.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt…

— Gregory Maguire

“we all have more than our share of pains and sorrow. Embarrassments and things that haunt us. From that, no one is ever immune,…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“We can explore the nature of that piece of shit. We can know the nature of dislike, shame, and embarrassment and not believe there’s…

— Pema Chödrön

“Time: life’s inexorable weapon of humiliation.”

— Shawn Davis

“The rub is that over the intervening years we have somehow deceived ourselves into believing that this state of insecurity and inequity is a…

— Astra Taylor

“Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing.”

— Suzanne Finnamore

“Do not detest the misfortunes that befall you, for what you detest may be the cause of your salvation and what you like may…

— Hasan al-Basri

“existence is humiliation, anyway.”

— Steve Toltz

“It is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness. It is a great disgrace to feel distress at the injustice of the…

— Omar Khayyám