History Quote by Peter N. Stearns

“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

“And if we all have shame, the good news is that we’re all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the ability to…

— Brené Brown

Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined…

— Willard Gaylin

“I found out that “Shame is a reaction to other people’s criticism, an acute personal chagrin at our failure to live up to our…

— Paul G. Hiebert

“Healthy shame is the psychological foundation of humility. It is the source of spirituality. What I discovered was that shame as a healthy human…

— John Bradshaw

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Shame Resilience 101 Here are the first three things that you need to know about shame: We all have it. Shame is universal and…

— Brené Brown

“A pervasive sense of shame is the ongoing premise that one is fundamentally bad, inadequate, defective, unworthy, or not fully valid as a human…

— Merle Fossum

“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

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

— J.R. Salamanca

“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

I think that shame is a universal, paralyzing, painful emotion.

— Brené Brown