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“When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame on you," or "You should be ashamed of yourself," you thought twice. It doesn't seem to be a factor today.”

Ifs Should Seems Today Used Chance Grew Balance Grew Up Tools Shame Hearing Checks Factors Ashamed Shame On You

Author:Robert Redford

“It is a great shame; most of our words are misused tools / which often still smell of the mud in which previous owners / desecrated them.”

Stills Tools Shame Smell Owners Mud Our Words Misused

Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg

“We all have unresolved shame, because it is used as a tool to control behavior.”

Used Behavior Tools Shame

Author:Christiane Northrup

“We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.”

People World Stills Belief Lines Violence Dangerous Eating Tools Shame Addiction Bullying Disorder Aggression Eating Disorder

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 perfect tools aren't going to help us if we can't face each other and give and receive fearlessly, but more important, to ask without shame.”

Ifs Giving Important Helping Faces Asks Perfect Tools Shame Giving And Receiving

Author:Amanda Palmer

“Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.”

White Produce Tools Shame Trauma Capitalist Patriarchy Paralysis

Author:Bell Hooks