Shame Quote by Dostoevsky

“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

“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

“the bigger the society is, the less functional shame becomes.”

— Christopher Ryan

“Let us keep our shame and be made clean! Shame is not defilement, though a mean pride persuades men so. On the contrary, the…

— George MacDonald

“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

“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

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

— J.R. Salamanca

“If you are burning, burn. If you can stand it, the shame will burn away and leave you shining, radiant, and righteously shameless.”

— Elizabeth Cunningham

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

— Andreas Eschbach

“When we are exposed without any way to protect ourselves, we feel the pain of shame. If we are continually overexposed, shame becomes toxic.”

— John Bradshaw

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

— Rachel Abbott

“Shame is embarrassment multiplied against itself until it dies under it’s own weight and we with it. Forgiveness is freedom multiplied against the Cross…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough