Critical Quote by John Climacus

“Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are trying to…

— Louise L. Hay

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.

— H. Burke Peterson

Criticism is one manifestation of self-misery.

— Toothangel15

“Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Funnily enough, “self-criticism” is an idea much in vogue in Marxist countries, but there it is subordinated to ideological considerations and must serve the…

— C.G. Jung

The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not…

— Anonymous

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps…

— Samuel Johnson

“The declining of responsibility for the self can also be hidden behind a pseudo-objectivity. A patient may make astute observations about himself and give…

— Karen Horney

What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.

— Florence Scovel Shinn

The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into…

— Richard Bode

He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by another, does…

— John Climacus

“Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it…

— Dale Carnegie