“New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises 'Why then are you not taking part in them?”
“To belittle, you have to be little.”
“Isn't it natural that I should belittle all the things I can't offer you?”
“Never belittle love”
“Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth.”
“You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.”