Always Quote by Abbey Lee Kershaw

Because connection with others and our "best self" is the most primal need we have, shame feels absolutely awful.

— Christiane Northrup

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

— Beth Ditto

I don't have shame around where I've been or what I've done to survive to get to where I'm at in my life. When…

— Trace Lysette

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

— Carl Whitaker

How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the…

— Anonymous

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

You know, I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

— Nikhil Saluja

“Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem,…

— Sharon Salzberg

Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely…

— Annie Dillard

I'm trying to think of what I'm ashamed of. But, damn, I don't really have any shame.

— Leighton Meester

When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame…

— Robert Redford

Shame tells you when you've gone too far. Then you try if it's okay to go too far. And it might be so that…

— Karl Ove Knausgard