Critical Quotes
Instead of complaining, discover ways, tactics and tricks on how to reach out to people
Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.
Teach the child how to think and not what to think by equipping him with the weapons of Knowledge and Discernment.
Teach the child how to think and not what to think by equipping him with the armor of Discernment and the sword of Knowledge.
All your thoughts, imagination, feelings, emotions and sensation are part of the mechanical process that can be understood, at the state of self-realization.
No churchmen, I notice. Of course not. What use have they for a world without irrational fear?
The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.
You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one at all.
Sunglasses are more useful to a blind man than freedom of speech is to a man who does not think for himself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality.
Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them.
To think critically, it is first maturing and distancing a bit from self, no matter what level one lives on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
It takes critical thinking to frame the right problem and empathetic thinking to address the correct need.
We must clean the lens of our hearts to see the state of our souls. However, too often the former is too dirty to even know that the latter exists.
The expressions of those moving about a picture gallery show ill-concealed disappointment that they only find pictures there.
Think independently and critically, but never forget to think with understanding and love.
Money is the alienated essence of man's labor and life
When we all play our part the world will run as designed. Do your part and do it now!
Be a critical thinker too sometimes. Look in to your heart and give your self permission to ask your mind and question the teachings that doesn't resonate with the wisdom of your soul.
Distance gives a clearer view. You can't see the facade of a building while staying inside.
As every good marxist already knows, the ideological shift toward a terminally optimistic humanism was vital to the rise of bourgeoisie, and the decline of aristocracy.
It is important for the children of God to know their active civil position in critical times in their country
...we are partisan in favor of our own children and grandchildren, who we hope can live in a world that doesn't poison them when they drink the water, breathe the air, or make a living.
The old law of an eye for an eye didn’t make them blind to the fact that another man’s terrorist wasn’t their freedom fighter.
I am not an atheist preacher. I am not an absolutist or chauvinist whose ways are immune to evolution. My core philosophy is that I might be wrong.
Good fantasy fiction: ... explores real human conditions through fantastic metaphors which universalize the characters' individual experiences to speak personally to us all.
It's important to realize that sometimes the information you need is hidden behind the information available.
I have written in my life many critical poems, but viewed in retrospect, they were merely a human harmless reflection, and not a true likeness of the real society of today.
Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.
...when we cease asking questions, when we stop being self-critical, and when we no longer engage with others, then we surrender our ability to grow--to progress. Let's begin the conversation.
If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word
The more intense the belief, the less likely that reason and evidence can dislodge it.
I won’t tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else’s notions thrust upon you.
I think the influence of books is neither direct and more predictable. Books themselves are too unruly, and so are readers.
But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the two uneasily cohabiting modes of thought that are central to the scientific method.
Your inability to do what you are noted for doing is a critical step to wading off your past glories of excellence!
Sending love to all those who are trying their best to be nice and gentle despite being in the midst of negative as well as critical people…
Complex thinkers attempt to extend to others the same self-forgiving bias that they offer themselves.
A destructive thought process exists within all of us, and we are plagued to varying degrees by an internal dialogue that is harmful, restrictive, and at its ultimate extreme, self-destructive.
The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care.
P33- Oppression is domesticating. Gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge human beings consciousness.
You must be able to say "I understand, " before you can say "I agree, " or "I disagree, " or "I suspend judgment.
Dr. Morris believes, and I strongly agree, that couples are most likely to bond securely when they have not rushed the dating experience. Time is the critical ingredient.