Compassion Quote by Brené Brown

“Empathy heals shame; sympathy exacerbates shame. We don't want people to feel sorry for us; we want people to be with us.”

— Brené Brown

“The goal is to learn to recognize when we are experiencing shame quickly enough to prevent ourselves from lashing out at those around us.”

— Brené Brown

“A pervasive sense of shame is the ongoing premise that one is fundamentally bad, inadequate, defective, unworthy, or not fully valid as a human…

— Merle Fossum

Empathy is the antidote to shame,

— Brené Brown

“What an uncomfortable, terrible source of shame it is for the world that the victim is so often the one left with the most…

— Fredrik Backman

“Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.”

— Peter N. Stearns

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

— J.R. Salamanca

“Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.”

— Erica Goros

Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within.

— George Saunders

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.

— Brené Brown

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

— Rachel Abbott

“And if we all have shame, the good news is that we’re all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the ability to…

— Brené Brown