We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.
Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.
For too long, humanity has acted with an outrageous lack of responsibility. We wanted everything for ourselves: greed, really. We failed to look at the overall picture and did not take into consideration those with whom we share the world.
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.
Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them.