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Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.

Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.

Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

There is no shame is being ambivalent about almost everything in your life.

We're all walking around trying to deal with a certain amount of shame, to repress it. And we restrict our mental lives to smaller and smaller areas.