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  • A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

    Funny   Life   Failure  
    "Le Siecle de Louis XIV (The Age of Louis XIV)". Book by Voltaire (Chapter VI), 1751.
  • Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

    Guilt   Ears   Shame  
    Henry Fielding (1832). “The History of Amelia”, p.150
  • We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are.

  • Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame and guilt about the human body.

  • That's part of what I touch on in my [UN] speech - when assaults happen on women and girls in these fragile countries, in these places of crisis, there isn't the psychosocial support. There aren't counseling services. It's not in a lot of cultures to explicitly talk about things that maybe have happened to the body. So, repression of emotion, and shame, and guilt is something that really needs to be handled in humanitarian crises.

    Girl   Country   Support  
    Source: www.elle.com
  • Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

    Men   Guilt   Unqualified  
    Jonathan Swift (1752). “The works of D. Jonathan Swift ...: To which is prefixed, the doctor's life, with remarks on his writings, from the Earl of Orrery and others, not to be found in any former edition of his works.Dublin printed”, p.281
  • Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

    Powerful   Guilt   Fuel  
    "Brené Brown: 'People are sick of being afraid all the time'" by John-Paul Flintoff, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2013.
  • If you don't enjoy your life, sorrow, sadness, suffering, fear, shame and guilt will.

  • We live in a society where we're not taught how to deal with our weaknesses and frailties as human beings. We're not taught how to speak to our difficulties and challenges. We're taught the Pythagorean theorem and chemistry and biology and history. We're not taught anger management. We're not taught dissolution of fear and how to process shame and guilt. I've never in my life ever used the Pythagorean theorem!

    "Iyanla Vanzant interview for fourth season of ‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ returning Sept. 6". Interview with Rodney Ho, radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com. September 6, 2014.
  • Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

    William Cowper (1845). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.1
  • There are so many more productive things to do than sit around feeling shame and guilt. Beyond touching on shame and guilt in a perfunctory manner, I wouldn't bother with that at all.

    Source: thequietus.com
  • I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

    Men   Evil   Guilt  
    Jonathan Swift (1850). “The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ; with a Memoir of the Author”, p.307
  • never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it

    Kevin Brooks (2010). “The Road of the Dead”, p.285, Scholastic Inc.
  • What should our second generation have done, what should it do with the knowledge of the horrors of the extermination of the Jews? We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable, we may not inquire because to inquire is to make the horrors an object of discussion, even if the horrors themselves are not questioned, instead of accepting them as something in the face of which we can only fall silent in revulsion, shame and guilt. Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame and guilt? To what purpose?

    Believe   Fall   Guilt  
    Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.104, Vintage
  • Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

    Lying   Memorable   Mind  
    'Henry VI, Part 3' (1592) act 5, sc. 6, l. 11
  • I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and be the person we were created to be. However, our true selves only emerge when it's safe to do so. Self-condemnation, shame, and guilt send your true nature into hiding. It's only in the safety of gentle curiosity, encouragement, and self-love that your soul can bloom as it was created to do.

  • The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

    Thinking   Guilt   Shame  
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1966). “The Canterbury Tales”
  • It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

    Law   Guilt   President  
    Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1853). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.399
  • Despite their differences, pride, shame, and guilt all activate similar neural circuits, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, insula, and the nucleus accumbens. Interestingly, pride is the most powerful of these emotions at triggering activity in these regions - except in the nucleus accumbens, where guilt and shame win out. This explains why it can be so appealing to heap guilt and shame on ourselves - they're activating the brain's reward center.

    Source: time.com
  • Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality.

    Block   Reality   Color  
    Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., Deepak Chopra (2012). “Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, andSpiritual Well-Being”, p.54, Harmony
  • The distinction between shame and guilt is very important, since these two emotions may tear a person in opposite directions. The wish to relieve guilt may motivate a confession, but the wish to avoid the humiliation of shame may prevent it.

    Opposites   Two   Wish  
  • Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.

  • Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

    Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.36, Nayika Publishing
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