Shame Quote by Sherwood Smith

“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

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

— Rachel Abbott

“The basis of shame is not some mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone.”

— Milan Kundera

“It is no small pity, and should cause us no little shame, that, through our own fault, we do not understand ourselves, or know…

— Teresa of Ávila

“What an uncomfortable, terrible source of shame it is for the world that the victim is so often the one left with the most…

— Fredrik Backman

“The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone”

— Milan Kundera

“Shame is embarrassment multiplied against itself until it dies under it’s own weight and we with it. Forgiveness is freedom multiplied against the Cross…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“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

“We have these shames we keep to ourselves because to show ourselves as we are, no more and no less, would be too much.…

— Roxane Gay

“It is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness. It is a great disgrace to feel distress at the injustice of the…

— Omar Khayyám

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

— General Iroh

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

— J.R. Salamanca