Quotes on Judgement

People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf.

All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions, or from customs necessary for the survival of the group in social and economic circumstances that now lie in the distant past.

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.

Besides reasoning about matters of fact, men also make moral judgements.

Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman.

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.

All general judgments are loose and imperfect

If we continue to make moral judgements (and whatever we say shall in fact continue) then we must believe that the conscience of man is not a product of nature.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Armed Soldier, terrible as Death, relentless as Doom; doing God's judgement on the Enemies of God. It is a phenomenon not of joyful nature; no, but of awful, to be looked at with pious terror and awe.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks without mercy and compassion. You visit not the sick and the imprisoned; nor do you feed the hungry or give refuge to the stranger or comfort to the mourner.

To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom you can have.

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artist... faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an offensive state.

In part because individual judgement is not accurate enough or consistent enough, cognitive diversity is essential to good decision making.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Mix judgement with ambition and season it with energy. It makes a splendid recipe for success.

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.

Yesterday is ever jealous of...tomorrow.