Community Quote by Christopher Ryan

“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

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

— Rachel Abbott

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

— J.R. Salamanca

“At the climax of failure, at the moment when shame is about to do us in, suddenly we are swept away by a frenzy…

— Emil Cioran

“Unfortunately, accomplishments do not reduce internalized shame. In fact, the more one achieves, the more one has to achieve. Toxic shame is about being;…

— John Bradshaw

“...if it had to be shame, then let it be shame; if it had to be disgrace, then let it be disgrace; if it…

— Dostoevsky

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

— Peter N. Stearns

“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 culture of shame is driven by fear, blame and disconnection and it's often a powerful incubator for issues like perfectionism ,stereotyping, gossip and…

— Brené Brown

“Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all world to…

— Kirsty Eagar

“Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem,…

— Sharon Salzberg

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

— Petrarch