“Don't criticize what you can't understand.”

“Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.”

“If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.”

“I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.”

“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”

“In general, I feel if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.”

“I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.”

“Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.”

“When you don't see Jesus for exactly what he was, you miss the whole point of the Jesus Prayer. If you don't understand Jesus, you can't understand his prayer — you don't get the prayer at all, you just get some kind of organized cant. Jesus was a supreme adept, by God, on a terribly important mission.”