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“Presenting a humble façade gains trust; flattery appeals to ego; combine the two to gain an ego-based trust within someone, and you will find in your hands a judgement clouding tool second only to love.”

Book:Rise of the Morningstar

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“Any number of celebrities are dogged by "gay rumors" because we cannot quite place them into a given category. We act like placing these people in categories will have some impact on our lives, or that creating these categories is our responsibility, when, most of the time, such taxonomy won’t change anything at all.”

Judgment Stereotypes Categorization

Book:Bad Feminist

Source: Bad Feminist

“We can never truly or completely know or feel what someone else thinks. This is why we must leave the judging to the only One who can know another person’s heart.”

Love Life Judgment

Author:Toni Sorenson

“She didn't like it when religious folks looked down on her for being an atheist; but to be honest, I didn't see how this was any different from the way she looked down on people for being Christians.”

Belief Christianity Atheism Judgment

Book:Sing You Home

Source: Sing You Home

“Woodrow Wilson claimed that history endows us with the "invaluable mental power we call judgment.”

Reading Education History Judgment Critical Thinking

Book:Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past

Source: Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past

“The emotional appeal of a conspiracy theory is in its simplicity. It explains away complex phenomena, accounts for chance and accidents, offers the believer the satisfying sense of having special, privileged access to the truth. For those who become the one-party state’s gatekeepers, the repetition of these conspiracy theories also brings another reward: power.”

Truth Power Simplicity Conspiracy Beliefs Conspiracy Theories Conspiracies

Book:Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Source: Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

“If the quality of my Christianity lies in my ability to be more inclusive than the next pastor, things get tricky because I will always, always encounter people—intersex people, Republicans, criminals, Ann Coulter, etc.—whom I don't want in the tent with me. Always. I only really want to be inclusive of some kinds of people and not of others.”

Christianity Judgment Inclusivity

Book:Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

Source: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

“(The historian) "was able to disapprove without being astonished. She could reject and still understand.”

Judgment Openness Critical Thinking Counseling Evaluation

Author:Sam Wineburg

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