“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice.
(Frequently misquoted as "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.")”
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(Frequently misquoted as "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.")”
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“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop."
[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]”
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“If we think the main mission of the church is to improve life in Adam and add a little moral strength to this fading evil age, we have not yet understood the radical condition for which Christ is such a radical solution.”
― Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
― Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
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