莎士比亞有言：of all base passions, self abating is the most accursed.

培根說，self conceit and self abasement are a pair of twins: the former deceives and the latter degrades.

弗洛伊德也有評論：Inferiority complex is a seed sown by the devil in the soil of soul and, when grown, it erodes and eventually erases all virtues.

現代莎翁之稱的蕭伯納稱：inferiority is the shortcut to the hell of soul.

馬克思評伯恩斯坦時抨擊了他的自卑：the form of his inferiority is marked by his fear to square up to  the truths.

現代一個心理學家曾這齣有兩種自卑：

一型 convergent: 內斂型，害己不害人

二型divergent: 外放型，害己更害人

反文化者，象言痴，都是自卑作怪，而且是二型的。