Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I try not to be overly analytical.

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

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

Critisism is just reflection of the person that speaking

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can't protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism.

People learn the most about themselves by confronting those with whom they deeply disagree..

I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

I know straight away if I can do better. It doesn't take people to criticise me for me to realise it.

People still say I am over-confident, but I am a big critic of myself.

I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.