“This was the Big One. This was humiliation, disappointment, and dissolution all wrapped up together, tied with a big red bow of… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“But with time I came to understand that seeing a rubbery as a humiliation and an affront is an exmotional luxury".” — Ryszard Kapuściński Copy Share Image
There's a tremendous sense of shame that people who are lonely feel. I say that as someone who felt ashamed of being… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
“It’s affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Happiness is not a choice, or we’d all be happy. Let’s stop putting unnecessary pressure on ourselves to be happy all the… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
How ironic for peacemaking efforts to discover that hatred is stronger for many than love; that the longing to achieve power through… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
I write a lot and I will have some originals on the record. I think it is a mistake for an artist… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
A refusal of shame about sexual assault and the prioritization of speaking your mind while using your real name - instead of… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Copy Share Image
“Phaedra keeps saying she's being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can't deny herself what… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
War and culture, those are the two poles of Europe, her heaven and hell, her glory and shame, and they cannot be… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“I am not superior than anybody, don't say i am, else i won't defend you when you get caught.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
If guilt tells us that we've done something wrong, then shame tells us that we are something wrong. So many people feel… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“ Why had he done it? Why couldn't it just not have happened? Why didn't they have time-travel, why couldn't he go… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
There's a man upon that ledge, he's only cleaning windows. What a shame for the pain we're missing. Gonna lean back on… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move… — Jeff Brown Copy Share Image
Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we speak to drunkards, worldlings, or any ignorant, unconverted men, we disgrace them as in that condition to the utmost, and… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
