Shame Quote by Augusten Burroughs

“I think shame is the most profound of all emotions; I think the world is ruled by shame.”

— J.R. Salamanca

“Shame is the fruit of my vanities, and remorse, and the clearest knowledge of how the world's delight is a brief dream.”

— Petrarch

“It's not that I have no shame. Rather, I'm exhausted with shame, slippery all over with its sticky albumen taint. It is not an…

— Lionel Shriver

“I had a chance to lay it all out on the table, and I didn't. But that's the problem with shame. Shame doesn't like…

— Meghan Quinn

“Shame isn't bad, her voice from somewhere else insists. Nor the humility that is its gift.”

— William Trevor

“Shame is not a good emotion for a man to feel. It makes him angry as often as it makes him sorry.”

— Robin Hobb

“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

“Only love can neutralize shame.”

— Omar Manejwala

“Can pride and shame be the consequences of the same feeling?”

— Cesim

“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.”

— General Iroh

“It may be shameful to be happy by oneself.”

— Albert Camus

“When shame is your own, it’s hard enough to bear. When other people are witness to it, it becomes intolerable.”

— Rachel Abbott