Kills Spontaneity

Ray Ortlund post:  Life demands courage

“Fear of criticism kills spontaneity; it prevents men from showing themselves and expressing themselves freely, as they are.  Much courage is needed to paint a picture, to write a book, to erect a building designed along new architectural lines, or to formulate an independent opinion or an original idea.

Any new concept, any creation, falls foul of a host of critics.  Those who criticize the most are the ones who create nothing.”

Paul Tournier, Guilt and Grace (New York, 1962), page 98.