Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change; for I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who abideth on still in his deception and ignorance.

Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.

Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.

You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, "Hey, there's something wrong with this mirror."

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

The examined life is no picnic.

Observe all men, thyself most.

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

It is more profitable to be mindful of our own faults than of those of our age.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

As I matured, I became a smarter person, a more sensitive person, a more thinking person.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

I think I am my own biggest critic, yeah.

It is always good to self-analyse and be self-critical. That is how I've got through so far and improved.

I'm always my hardest critic.

I do not take to the field to defend myself from certain criticisms. If I do, in this kind of career, it is because I'm very self-critical.

I am my own biggest critic.

You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.