Accomplished Quote by Murasaki Shikibu

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of…

— Albert Einstein

Few people...have had much training in listening. The training of most oververbalized professional intellectuals is in the opposite direction. Living in a competitive culture,…

— Anonymous

“Being superior to others is nothing other than having people talk about your affairs and listening to their opinions. The general run of people…

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment

— Albert Einstein

When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt what they’re…

— Jeff Bezos

Many people speak and criticize, very few listen and understand.

— Harvey Mcfield

Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to correct their…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“All things considered, I’ve learned more from talking to painters than talking to writers. Not that painters are smarter than writers, such is seldom…

— Tom Robbins

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to…

— Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone

The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you…

— Jonathan Santlofer

“Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch and hold…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

There are some people who have a low tolerance for criticism. I'm not one of those people.

— Martin Shkreli