Quotes About Judgment

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Self-righteousness is the most shameless slut of all.

as astronomer Carl Sagan once aptly put it, you do not want to keep your mind so open that your brain is likely to fall out.

Now here are three stages of wisdom: the unwise person blames other people for what are, in the end, her own judgments about things; the person who is making progress does not blame others, but only herself; the wise person does not blame even herself.

The thought is that Hitler is an unfortunate node in the way the world is unfolding. He did not choose to be the evil person he is. He deserves compassion, not anger. And he must die for reasons of compassion: compassion for him and all those who might suffer his awfulness.

Detengámonos durante un momento e intentemos imaginar hasta que punto seria mejor el mundo si todos evitáramos realizar juicios de valor precipitados y contemplásemos los asuntos humanos centrándonos en los hechos, con un poco más de compasión hacia nuestros congéneres humanos.

De lo existente, unas cosas dependen de nosotros; otras no dependen de nosotros. De nosotros dependen el juicio, el impulso, el deseo, el rechazo y, en una palabra, cuanto es asunto nuestro. Y no dependen de nosotros el cuerpo, la hacienda, la reputación, los cargos y, en una palabra, cuanto no es asunto nuestro.» Epicteto, Manual de vida,

Secular humanism finds that human life is meaningful and worthy, for no better reason than we judge life to be meaningful and worthy. Needing to be told by a higher authority how life is meaningful only deprives our lives of their intrinsic worth. Dignity and autonomy cannot depend on someone else, not even a god, who decides that you are worthy—one must affirm one's own right to live for oneself.

War, I concluded, paralyzes people's power of judgment.

Las mentes simples casi siempre yerran en sus juicios

Most of the time, it is not imbeciles or bigots who do the most stupid things. Some of the most problematic things are done by some of the smartest people.

Don't judge a lion by its swimming abilities.

Sense will buy you more than dollars.

To a small subset of the population the very fact that you are willing to stand up and speak out makes you a target for unfair critique.

And a thought occurs to him: Maybe you can't really know anyone just by looking at their face.

Shoeshine looked disappointed. "Don't do that, young fella." "Do what?" "Try and label everyone you meet." The man coughed again. "It's lazy.

Judging by his outlandish attire, he's some sort of free-thinking anarchist.

Remember no one really cares what you look like. They care what they look like. You are the only person in the world to have worried about your face.

I drink some water and eat some cereal and then I take Abraham for a walk. He had spent the night eating the arm of the sofa but I don't want to judge him. He has enough issues already.

Don't absorb criticism from people you wouldn't go to for advice.

Most gossip is envy in disguise.

Much of gossip is envy in disguise, Much of self-doubt is conformity in disguise.

Ignore idiots with narrow definitions od beauty. They are blind to life's imperfect wonder.

I am just saying if you knew about me there would be a very strong chance you would think I was insane.