560 Quotes About Judgment

I am fond of reminding my yoga students of the saying “It takes one to know one” when they become lost I condemnation and judgment of others. The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consciousness. The world is little more than a Rorschach blot in which we see our own desire systems projected. We see what we want to see. (116)

Even with the very best of intentions, even with the ambition of making the world a better place, when we cast judgment upon people whose lifestyles, beliefs, or predilections we dislike, we add to the emotional filth of hostility and make the world feel a little less safe for the folks we’re genuinely trying to help.

Only the shallow judge others, those with character know to judge themselves before they judge others.

Some come from too far to be where you startedand some walk slower for they carry burdens you never could. The people you meet have a past, and whether it is clear to you; be gentle in your treatment of the fool, and go on in your way, with no contemn for the fallen.

Update your version of me because I’m not the same person I was before. If you don’t get that, you don’t get me.

We don't always get to decide what others see when they sum us up or reduce us to a caricature of the rich and various selves we think we have fashioned.

A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.