Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen from our eyes and the most horrible of crimes...reach the light of day?
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the moral consequences of our actions and the shame that may arise when truth and accountability come to light.
Hans Scholl's quote serves as a profound reminder of the implications of our choices, particularly those that may cause harm to others. It evokes the idea that ignorance and denial can shield us from the truth, but ultimately, the realities of our actions—the 'horrible crimes'—will inevitably be exposed, leading to a collective shame for ourselves and future generations if we fail to confront them.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of ethical responsibility in leadership.
The world is quieter now. It is never quiet, but it can get quieter. What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread. Nighttime is not that. Nighttime still rustles, still creaks and whispers and trembles in its throat. It is not darkness we fear, but our own helplessness within it. How merciful to have been granted the other senses.
Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.
Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.
Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When independent-thinking people (and here I do not include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers, painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their art to the service of the “Nation,” it’s time for all of us to sit up and worry.
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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