Shameless Quotes

“How they madeout of shamelessness somethingbeautiful, for as long as they could.”

“A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.”

“There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does not know, one discovers that no one else knows either.”

“One will become shameless if he does not fear insults in the worldly life. And in nischay [determination in the spiritual life] if one does not fear being insulted, he becomes independent.”

“I had taken up my quill to begin writing many times before now, but I always abandoned it quickly: each time I was overcome with fear. Yes, may God forgive me, but the letters of the alphabet frighten me terribly. They are sly, shameless demons—and dangerous! You open the inkwell, release them: they run off—and how will you ever get control of them again! They come to life, join, separate, ignore your commands, arrange themselves as they like on the paper—black, with tails and horns. You scream at them and implore them in vain: they do as they please. Prancing, pairing up shamelessly before you, they deceitfully expose what you did not wish to reveal, and they refuse to give voice to what is struggling, deep within your bowels, to come forth and speak to mankind.”

“Shamelessness is not the same as honesty.”

“Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”

“Dad has shamelessly played the Mom card. Against which there is no defense.”

“There is something so attractive about a man who is able to laugh shamelessly.”