To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

“Writers shouldn't fear criticism. Instead, they should fear silence. Criticism is healthy. It gets people thinking about your work and, even better, it gets…

— Robert Fanney

“In the war zone of arguments, debates, criticism - silence is the safe house.”

— Amit Kalantri

There's no more immediate criticism than silence, but there's also no more immediate reward than laughter.

— Chris McCausland

“He had never before realized the blessedness of silence - the freedom to be silent, rather, if one chose. He had never realized, somehow,…

— Jim Thompson

“One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don’t need to straighten others out.”

— Richard J. Foster

“The Pascal of our generation puts it this way: “We run away like conscientious little bugs, scared rabbits, dancing attendance on our machines, our…

— Tony Reinke

Some day some one will write a book about that frantic search of the creative worker for silence and freedom, not only from interruption…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

“Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of…

— Richard J. Foster

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas…

— Anonymous

Someone has said that even criticism is better than silence. I don't agree to this. Criticism can be very harmful unless it comes from…

— Janet Scudder

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined only when he has been rendered as artificially silent…

— Maria Montessori

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe…

— Geneen Roth

A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional…

— Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger…

— Mary Beard

Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,…

— Ishmael Reed