Authoring Paradigms Quotes & Sayings

Shame and discipline won't cut it First, shame is not an agent of change. Like a shot of caffeine in the morning, self-loathing may propel us onto the road of change, but we will find that hatred of self only leads us onto a never-ending roundabout. Like being terrified by a number on the scale in the morning and vowing never to overeat again, a shot of shame may get us through to lunch but never through to our freedom. Self-hatred, shame, and fear - though rampant in so many of our hidden worlds - are simply never going to be capable of creating or sustaining the growth we long for. Yet most women try to use shame as their inner motivator. I know I have. — Stasi Eldredge

Does a man reproach thee for being proud or ill-natured, envious or conceited, ignorant or detracting? Consider with thyself whether his reproaches are true. If they are not, consider that thou art not the person whom he reproaches, but that he reviles an imaginary being, and perhaps loves what thou really art, though he hates what thou appearest to be. — Epictetus

Sound is the one true vocabulary of nature

and not the peacock-palette painters swear
he uses for his best stuff, for his daily disposable frescoes ["Sound," Poetry, September 2015]. — Billy Ramsell

The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more.
... George S. Patton — George S. Patton Jr.

It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking their tongues out at me. — Roger Zelazny

Men always say there is no female Shakespeare.' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way from being Shakespeares themselves. Why shouldn't women have the same privilege? — Miles Franklin

An idea is an idea. It can be right or wrong. Let me say what I think. Don't seal my lips with your symbolic violence. — Tarif Naaz

Love creates acceptance, respect, passion and security. — Euginia Herlihy