You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failings than to point out those of others.

The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.

I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.

To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

The oldest, shortest words - “yes” and “no” - are those which require the most thought.