“My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When you're a young woman, I think you want to please a lot, so maybe you accept more of the criticism than you would as an older person. But criticism can be very wounding. It certainly was to me.” ThinkingWantPersonsYoungFatherUnderstandingAcceptingWisePleaseCriticismCriticalYoung WomenCalculating Author:Anjelica Huston
“To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin.” SinAcceptingDevelopmentCriticalApplication Author:Vladimir Lenin
“What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and that therefore politics requires a form of discourse that is reasonable and accessible to believer and non-believer alike. This religious restraint in politics is critical to the maintenance of liberal democracy.” MayFormReligiousAcceptingDemocracyCriticalBelieverCeaseReasonableRestraintDiscourseModernityMaintenanceNon BelieverLiberal Democracy Author:Andrew Sullivan
“I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.” PeopleIfsMenSaidIdeasViewsAcceptingOpinionEnemyCriticalNazi Author:Baldur von Schirach
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“I really like when critics reveal their subjectivity and their humanity. I prefer it when people say nice things, but if they say not-nice things or things that are critical, I'm open to it and I accept it. I mean, I have to live with it. But I do think there's a dishonesty in not acknowledging that you're a person with an opinion. I think it's almost like a power grab.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanPersonsHumanityAcceptingOpinionNiceCriticsCriticalDishonestyNice ThingsSubjectivity Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Caring what others think about us is normal. The desire to belong is basic to human nature. But in order to feel like you truly belong, you must accept yourself for who you are. This is critical to Fearless Living.” ThinkingFeelsHumansDesireOrderAcceptingHuman NatureLike YouNormalWho You AreCaringCriticalFearlessAccepting Yourself Book:Fearless Living Source: Fearless Living
“It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the virtues you have committed yourself to are so much against human nature that they cannot be practiced consistently? Be careful of what you accept as your code of morality. Think carefully about whether its tenets serve your life and well being. Exercise critical judgment. Realize how much is at stake-your life, your happiness, your self-esteem.” IfsThinkingHumansWellsSelfEnoughValuesEasyRealizingAcceptingVirtueHuman NatureSelf EsteemMoralityExerciseJudgmentCommittedCarefulCriticalEsteemBeing TrueWell BeingCodeWhat IfStakesBe CarefulConsistentlyIrrational Author:Nathaniel Branden
“Sometimes there are leftwing governments I'm very critical of. For me, being leftwing is to live in a society where there's permanent change. It also means to respect the freedom of everybody, and to not accept big organizations or rich, powerful people holding power.” PeopleMeanSometimesBigsGovernmentPowerfulAcceptingRichOrganizationCriticalPermanentPermanent Change Author:Costa-Gavras
“Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” BelieveAcceptingTruth IsCriticalThinkerEvaluateFree Thinkers Author:Aristotle