“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss other people. Life's too short to worry about what other people do or don't do. Tend your own backyard, not theirs, because yours is the one you have to live in.”
“Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.”
“I was of course discussing the book of Leviticus. I don't know why your mind is so filthy these days, Bingley.”
“Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions."(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)”