“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.”

“Unlike guilt, which is the feeling of doing something wrong shame is the feeling of being something wrong.”

“when we do what is known to be wrong, two negative things happened. First, we feel guilt and this guilt eats away confidence. Second, other people sooner or later find out and lose confidence in us”

“never feel guilty about anything shame and guilt are a waste of time just do what you do-- and deal with it”

“WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?”

“There was a stricken conscience of public guilt and we all felt that we had been wrong, that something was wrong with that building which we had accepted or the tragedy never would have happened. Moved by this sense of stricken guilt, we banded ourselves together to find a way by law to prevent this kind of disaster.”