Why, Andrew, why would it irritate me? Do you think that being loved by you is something to be ashamed of? I don't.

The pain of humanity's most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance.

Have no shame. The enemy can't use your blunders against you. Use them against yourself and continue to rise higher.

I’ve felt alone, cold, and clothed in shame for too long. Let the sunlight be my blanket, wardrobe, and toilet paper.

This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was what was wrong.

Temporis filia veritas; cui me obstetricari non pudet.Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront our demon(s).

Non mi piacciono i matrimoni combinati. Ci sono sbagli dei quali non bisognerebbe mai poter incolpare i propri poveri genitori.

There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them.

I truly believe I am not afraid of death. What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as stupid and befuddled as I am.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.

Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.

Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just felt like you were.

If you can do nothing else, do whatever is in your power to make the people in your life feel completely unashamed of who they are.

... for when a man's spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones.