Quote by Kobo Abe Download Open image ““People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.”” — Kobo Abe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Respond to critics with humility. Most people are experts in finding problems with whatever others do. That should not be a surprise to you.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Those who are weakest often tend to blame others for their own incompetence.” — Gabriella Geach Copy Share Image
“Maybe one of the greatest criticisms that we can levy against ourselves is our unwillingness to stand against the criticisms that people levy against… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Criticism is like politics: if you don't make your own you are by default accepting the status quo and are finally yourself responsible for… — Annie Finch Copy Share Image
“Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
CRITICS are people who aren't happy with themselves and love to find faults in others. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“Criticism serves to make you harsh, vindictive, and cruel, and leaves you with the soothing and flattering idea that you are somehow superior to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“Injuries to the body, especially the face, are not treated simply as problems of form. We should rather speak of themas belonging in the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing.… — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“The suffering of being imprisoned rests in the fact that it is impossible, at any time, to escape from oneself.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
