“To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.” — John Leonard Copy Share Image
“You will quite likely encounter the notion that we create our own reality. This can be an empowering idea and also true… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“She might have seen what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world’s concern at her situation -… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can't stop. It's… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize those who… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get… — Michael Yaconelli Copy Share Image
I don’t have any problem doing anything. The secret is I have no shame. — Dakota Johnson Copy Share Image
Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures. — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
Meditation did not relieve me of my anxiety so much as flesh it out. It took my anxious response to the world,… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
My agent in London told me, after Never Let Me Go, because I loved doing that so much, "If you're on a… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
We live in a society where we're not taught how to deal with our weaknesses and frailties as human beings. We're not… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
"I was just like a pathological liar when I was a kid. I think I just wanted to one-up somebody. Somebody would… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Many of the habits of dysfunctional families use are not from the lack of love but are the result of fear. Knowing… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
“The disowned part of self is an energy - an emotion or desire or need, that has been shamed every time it… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Midland City had a goddess of discord all its own. This was a goddess who could not dance, would not dance, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is in the name of Moses that Bellarmin thunderstrikes Galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker Copernicus, Galileo, the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Shame is like the weaver's thread; if it breaks in the net, it is wholly imperfect. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
You need to know that you cannot control your feelings, and you cannot control your feelings about your feelings, but, as best… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
But it is the knowledge of how contingent my unease is, how dependent on a baby that wails beneath my window one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This murdered girl troubles me. After the first shock, nobody at school says much about her. Even Cordelia does not want to… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image