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It is quite enough that you have sinned. Now let go of it. Don’t let your despondency lead to an even greater offence. The Lord says, ‘I do not wish the death of the sinner, but rather that he repent ... -
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Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race. -
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Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. -
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Perfectionism is not a way to avoid shame. Perfectionism is a form of shame. -
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I believe that as often as I transgress, God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend. -
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I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do. -
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Despite all we know about shame, containing it, let alone disposing of it, is a bit like grasping for mercury: the more pressure you use to seize it, the more evasive it becomes . . . It is ubiquitous... -
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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and ... -
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Where shame is, there is also fear. -
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From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few. -
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And so, like runaway slaves, we either flee our own reality or manufacture a false self which is mostly admirable, mildly prepossessing, and superficially happy. We hide what we know or feel ourselves... -
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. -
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When I don’t have any [food to bring my family], I borrow, mainly from neighbors and friends. I feel ashamed standing before my children when I have nothing to help feed the family. I’m not well when ... -
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I believe that there is a profound difference between shame and guilt. I believe that guilt is adaptive and helpful – it’s holding something we’ve done or failed to do up against our values and feelin... -
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One of the most hopeful and gratifying conclusions to come out of our 12 years of research on shame and guilt is that that notion of morality is wrong. Dead wrong. You don't have to feel really ba... -
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If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. -
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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. -
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Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. -
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Our godlike beauty is hidden beneath curtains of shame.
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