Awful Quote by Joseph O'Neill

And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which…

— Julian Barnes

How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the…

— Anonymous

“at that moment experienced the painful internal feeling of that peculiar spedes of shame, which well-constructed minds feel when they see others express a…

— Walter Scott

Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the…

— Iain Pears

On one level my sense of despair had been dispelled by therapy, yet on another it had not been replaced by either the desire…

— Anthony Loyd

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

— Petrarch

I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

— S.J. Watson

“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

To live without experiencing some shame and blushes of admiration would surely be a wretched life.

— Gregor Mendel

Once shame touches your being at any point, even the most distant nerve is implicated, whether you know it or not; any fleeting encounter…

— Stefan Zweig

“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