Humanity Quote by C.S. Lewis

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

— William Trevor

“There is no other shame like senseless sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.”

— Andreas Eschbach

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

— Rachel Abbott

“I have learned that for me, shame is like kryptonite. It was utterly destructive, a boot on my neck for most of my life.…

— Laura Parrott Perry

“We have these shames we keep to ourselves because to show ourselves as we are, no more and no less, would be too much.…

— Roxane Gay

“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves, or know…

— Teresa of Ávila

“The only shame is the sin.”

— Aphra Behn

“Feelings of shame like that cannot coexist with the fact that God made us in His image.”

— Chris Thurman

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

— J.R. Salamanca

“I truly wish the power of his love could eclipse the overwhelming shame.”

— Ellen Hopkins

“He is afraid the shame will outlive him.”

— Franz Kafka