Adversaries Quote by Mason Cooley

Therefore, criticism has to direct itself against itself, and against the mysterious Substance in which it has up to now hid itself. In this…

— Bruno Bauer

“If you develop self-criticism, it won't be that much harder to receive the criticism of others.”

— Assegid Habtewold

Criticism is one manifestation of self-misery.

— Toothangel15

“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 must think of itself as life-enhancing and constitutively opposed to every form of tyranny, domination, and abuse; its social goals are non-coercive knowledge…

— Edward W. Said

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.

— H. Burke Peterson

“Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don't be your own worst enemy!”

— Bryant McGill

People Criticize Others For Faults That They Have Themselves. Or Make Accusations That Are Equally Applicable To Themselves:

— Pacifiersucker

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

— Emmet Fox

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

— Adlai Stevenson I

Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.

— Mark Batterson

Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated.

— Donald Barthelme