Inner Critics Quotes

“When I'm connecting with a higher source through meditation, I am happy. Life flows. Miraculous things happen. On the other hand, when I am blocking, resisting, or any part of me is criticizing the process by which connection happens for me, I feel deep discontent.”
― Laurie E. Smith, Soul Wisdom: A Guide to Miraculous Living

“Once I called a friend to say I couldn't go on teaching at the prestigious workshop I was visiting because I could not stand the torturing voices in my head, 24 hours a day, saying I was no good, stupid, not as smart as the others, not as respected or loved, that I had no value, that I was there only because I was black, that I had done or said the wrong thing, that I wasn't really a poet, my friend said, 'Why not ask the torturing voices for where they get their information?' I did, and without hesitation they answered, 'From your mother.'

Things had changed by then, so I flipped back, 'You haven't got the latest information!' 50, Toi Derricotte”
― Lauren Slater, The Best American Essays 2006