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“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move through our…

— Jeff Brown

Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the…

— Hannah Gadsby

“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as…

— Louis Kronenberger

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of…

— Sharon Salzberg

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we…

— Milan Kundera

You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any…

— Salman Rushdie

“Now since shame is a mental picture of disgrace, in which we shrink from the disgrace itself and not from its consequences, and we…

— Aristotle

“I found out that “Shame is a reaction to other people’s criticism, an acute personal chagrin at our failure to live up to our…

— Paul G. Hiebert

“The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are “those people.” The truth is…we are the others. Most of us are…

— Brené Brown

I'm not sure if the shame/guilt distinction resonates for me. I just know that shame is a debilitating emotion that is perpetuated by Church…

— Marilyn Dumont

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

— Brené Brown