Accents Quote by George Bernard Shaw

There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and…

— Erich Fromm

“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move through our…

— Jeff Brown

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we…

— Milan Kundera

Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.

— Chris Jordan

We all have things we're ashamed of.

— Bianca Del Rio

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as…

— Louis Kronenberger

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Peter N. Stearns

“With no blame there's no shame. A human society can't exist without shame. Shame is like handedness or walking upright. It's a central human…

— Sebastian Faulks

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

— Ugo Betti