Shame Quote by Lionel Shriver

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

— Andreas Eschbach

“When I feel ashamed, it means I feel there isn’t just something wrong with what I’ve done, there is something wrong with who I…

— Desmond Tutu

“You have no reason to show shame. Sometimes our spirit weeps. When it does you must work at comforting it, and then healing it.”

— P.C. Cast

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

— J.R. Salamanca

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

— Petrarch

“That was a moment where something clarified about shame for me: it’s not just something negative but some kind of arrow, it’s pointing at…

— Leslie Jamison

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

— Rachel Abbott

“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 isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin,…

— Kirsty Eagar

“Shame is not a good emotion for a man to feel. It makes him angry as often as it makes him sorry.”

— Robin Hobb

“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

“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