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“Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.”

People Evil Compassion Wonder Kindness Lovers Goodness Shame Conquer Gentle Evil People Zealous Legality

Author:Isaac of Nineveh

“Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it... You can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.”

Knows World Needs Different Stories Suffering Compassion One Thing Deserve Shame Online Compassionate Humiliation And Off Compassion For Yourself

Author:Monica Lewinsky

“Culture now spreads at central nervous system speed. It’s a shame that compassion doesn’t.”

Culture Compassion Shame Spread Speed Nervous Nervous System Central Nervous System

Author:Dean Cavanagh

“The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.”

Men Way Feelings Compassion Boys Judging Shame

Author:Michael Gurian

“Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.”

Feels Joy Hate Compassion Capacity Shame Quantity Hate You

Book:I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel

Source: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel

“I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.”

Knows Needs Should Understanding Compassion Teacher And Love Shame Guides Understanding And Love

Author:Kyan Douglas

“For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.”

“Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.”

Understanding Compassion Violence Communication Shame Guilt Punishment Motivated Reverence Nonviolent Communication Reverence For Life

Book:Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding

Source: Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding

“Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.”

Self Able Compassion Keys Empathy Shame Gentle Midst Reach Out Self Compassion

Book:Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

“The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of ... But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities.”

Ifs Thinking Use Quality Compassion Kindness Shame Scared Creator Ashamed Kindness And Compassion

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately extinguished lamp is enough to cause a miscarriage. And to think that from such a frail beginning a tyrant or butcher may be born! You who trust in your physical strength, who embrace the gifts of fortune and consider yourself not their ward but their son, you who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you!”

Thinking May Littles Enough Spirit Causes Born Compassion Son Birth Shame Embrace Fortune Smell Destroyed Breasts Tyrants Lamps Frail Butchers Precarious Miscarriage Physical Strength

Author:Pliny the Elder

“Stories require voices to speak them and ears to hear them. (..) Often, the problem isn't with the voices (..), voices are frequently there - singing, screaming, yearning to be heard - but we don't hear them because fear and blame muffle the sounds. (p. 41, 42)”

Women Compassion Courage Empathy Shame

Book:I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

Source: I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame