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title: "2 Examining Quotes By Jo Coudert"
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> [Examining love is like examining a stocking: if you hold it up to the light and stretch it to search for snags, any snags there are may well run and ruin the stocking. In fact, if I may fashion Coudert's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/examining-love-is-like-examining-a-stocking-if-you-hold-it-up-to-the/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

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> [The unlived life is not worth examining. ... Self-awareness, self-examination, self-consciousness are for the quiet moments. In the arena they are paralyzing. The self must not be held out of the arena until living skills have been learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/the-unlived-life-is-not-worth-examining-self-awareness-self/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

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## More by Jo Coudert

> [Of all the peple you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave nor lose. To the questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/of-all-the-peple-you-will-know-in-a-lifetime-you-are-the-only-one-you/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [We can win the struggle to avoid responsibility for our personal lives, but if we do, what we lose is our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/we-can-win-the-struggle-to-avoid-responsibility-for-our-personal/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [It is possible to ruin a chicken in the cooking of it, but not easily. Short of burning it or letting it get dried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/it-is-possible-to-ruin-a-chicken-in-the-cooking-of-it-but-not-easily/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/it-is-rewarding-to-find-someone-you-like-but-it-is-essential-to-like/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [If life is envisioned as a continuously running motion picture, the keeping of a notebook stops the action and allows a meaningful scene to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/if-life-is-envisioned-as-a-continuously-running-motion-picture-the/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [Sometimes, if your own life is to add up, you must subtract yourself from someone else's life. This time comes, I think, whenever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/sometimes-if-your-own-life-is-to-add-up-you-must-subtract-yourself/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/in-order-to-plan-your-future-wisely-it-is-necessary-that-you/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [The valuable friends are those who make you expand, who make you feel more decent and wiser than you suspect yourself to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/the-valuable-friends-are-those-who-make-you-expand-who-make-you-feel/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [I saw one of the absolute truths of this world: each person is worrying about himself; no one is worrying about you. He or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/i-saw-one-of-the-absolute-truths-of-this-world-each-person-is/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [While it is necessary to eat and therefore it is pleasantest to eat food that looks handsome and tastes good, on the other hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/while-it-is-necessary-to-eat-and-therefore-it-is-pleasantest-to-eat/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [We are all so much more interesting to ourselves than to anyone else because we know how many potentialities are alive in us, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/we-are-all-so-much-more-interesting-to-ourselves-than-to-anyone-else/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/cookbooks-i-found-are-intended-for-people-with-time-to-cook-and/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [One does not marry to become a judge of the spouse's behavior. If a marriage license is mistaken for a hunting license and disapproval,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/one-does-not-marry-to-become-a-judge-of-the-spouse-s-behavior-if-a/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/most-people-ask-of-their-friends-that-they-understand-them-but-on/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

> [Both praise and criticism are reinforcing, but praise reinforces good traits, criticism bad traits. To criticize with the thought that pointing out deficiencies will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-coudert/both-praise-and-criticism-are-reinforcing-but-praise-reinforces-good/)

[Jo Coudert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-coudert/)

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