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“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.”

“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

“A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle.”

People Littles Saws Four Century Wind Shame Gentle Friendly Humiliation Breeze Ghetto Humiliated Invisibility

Book:Prisoner of Love

Source: Prisoner of Love

“Vain-glorious man, when fluttering wind does blow In his light wing's, is lifted up to sky; The scorn of-knighthood and true chivalry. To think, without desert of gentle deed And noble worth, to be advanced high, Such praise is shame, but honour, virtue's meed, Doth bear the fairest flower in honourable seed.”

Source: Books I and II of the Faerie queene: the mutability cantos, and selections from the minor poetry

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”

Knows Needs Heart Hard Earth Heaven My Own Awareness Tears Expectations Rain Shame Sorry Dust Gentle Ashamed Cried Ingratitude Great Expectations

Book:British Classics: Great Expectations

Source: British Classics: Great Expectations

“If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you!”

Ifs May Hands Tears Sorrow Shame Lips Hearing Ruins Gentle Curse Poison Touched Spokes Belonging Shelter Roof

Book:Dombey and Son

Source: Dombey and Son

“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

“Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.”

Self Self Love Shame Forgiving Refuse Gentle Abandon Self Acceptance Love Yourself Self-denial

Author:Wayne Dyer

“Don't let out your true behaviour in the public, even if you were born nasty, make others feel you were well bred.”