Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
This is probably the hardest thing to avoid. We often judge others and focus too much of our energy on the faults of others instead of focusing on fixing ourselves.
This is probably the hardest thing to avoid. We often judge others and focus too much of our energy on the faults of others instead of focusing on fixing ourselves.
Christianity
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her. -John 8:6-7
Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. -Luke 6:37
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? -Mathew 7:3
Buddhism
If a man looks after the faults of others, and is always inclined to be offended, his own passions will grow, and he is far from the destruction of passions. -The Dharmapada
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. -Dalai Lama
Random
When we judge others we leave no room to love them. -Mother Theresa
Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does. - Johann von Goethe
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. -Wayne Dyer
2 comments:
This is a big one for me right now. I am reading a New Earth, and I want to be the person that just accepts others, not decides who they are before getting to know them.
Reminds me of the saying - If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
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