Character Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Not all shame comes from wrong doing and not all hiding comes from moral failure.”

— Brent Weeks

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

— Rachel Abbott

“Guilt, of course, is feeling bad about one's actions, but shame is feeling bad about oneself.”

— Gregory Boyle

“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

“Being ashamed of what you want or how you feel is pointless, and letting anyone else make you feel ashamed is a waste.”

— Kody Keplinger

“So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you…

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— General Iroh

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

— Petrarch

“... a preached immorality is more to be punished than an immoral action. You arrive at murder through love or through hate; you propagandize…

— Italo Svevo

“They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“I’ve gotten pretty good at making myself feel ashamed. I can even use shame in a theoretical sense to make myself do the right…

— Allie Brosh