Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
~ Diogenes Of Sinope
Hate nobody, love everybody including people who offend you.
~ Israelmore Ayivor
To know if someone can speak offensively or politely, don’t give him poem to recite; don’t give him a song to sing. Just engage him in an argument and you will know it for yourself who he is.
Leaders create influence with the clays of criticism others throw at them. They don't take offence, they take corrections.
Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said Shake the soil off your sandals! What are you waiting for? Shake it off!
This is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive.
~ Criss Jami
We all ought to be like little children in the way we treat each other as human beings; quick to forgive, slow to offend, children are friends to each other irrespective of their gender, religion, and color.
~ Paul Bamikole
To become a better you, take note of what gets you offended quickly and never go there or let it come to you.
You may not be able to do anything about how you feel, but you can do something about how you act. People will definitely offend you willing or unwilling by their words and actions...but you can choose to let that offence sink you down or not....
The worst ever offence you can commit against your time is to think that “time spent making plans is time being wasted!” Leaders don’t think that way!
Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.
~ Pradeepa Pandiyan
Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended in the world.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
When the Bible offends you, be encouraged that it offends everyone at some point. Consider the responsibility of the Bible. It must speak the truth to every culture through every era of history. I believe that there has never been a culture on earth that has not been offended by the Bible on some issue. What offends one group could be common sense to another and vice versa. Some cultures are offended that God would judge people for their sin. Some cry out to God to judge people because of sin. There are some cultures that are appalled at how God would forgive people no matter what they have done. For other cultures, that kind of forgiveness is expected of God.
~ Jon Morrison
The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.
~ Assegid Habtewold
We cannot choose who offends us, but we can choose how to respond when we are offended.
~ Moffat Machingura
All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.
~ Carla H. Krueger
It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.
~ Wayne Gerard Trotman
