Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement."
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Judgement
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Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher, Speaker
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."
Albert Einstein
Physicist
"I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs."
Franz Kafka
Writer
"It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law."
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"your judgement judges you and defines you"
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"God's Word is the only reliable guideline for living. Following your heart, without the leading of His Word and His Spirit, will lead you to His judgement."
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"Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them"
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"I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt."
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"There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement."
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"I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement."
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"All roads lead to the judgment seat of Christ."
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"If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement."
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"Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other."
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"Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living."
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"Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition."
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"Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves."
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"An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore."
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"You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt."
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"For me, beauty is a physical sensation, something we feel with our whole body. It is not the result of judgement. We do not arrive at it by way of rules. We either feel beauty or we don't."
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"Walk on air against your better judgement."
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"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make."
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"We should look long and carefully at ourselves before we pass judgement on others."
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"The more you judge, the less you love."
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"Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are."
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