“How should we judge what we see? More intimately, let us consider the vulnerability of the human body and soul under these circumstances. It’s all creation. It’s made. It’s not a given.” ShouldHumansMadeSoulBodyGivenCreationJudgingCircumstancesMade ItVulnerabilityHuman Body Author:Thomas Struth
“At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish. The knapsack of custom falls off his back with the first step he makes into these precincts. Here is sanctity which shames our religions, and reality which discredits our heroes. Here we find Nature to be the circumstance which dwarfs every other circumstance, and judges like a god all men that come to her.” MenWorldFirstsRealityFallCitiesStepsWiseJudgingHeroCircumstancesShameFoolishForestsGatesCustomsFirst StepsSanctityDwarfsDiscredit Book:Essays and Lectures Source: Essays and Lectures
“Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't a sort of spoiled, self-righteous hypocrisy when one man obsessively commands other men not to judge without knowing the circumstances without himself, too, knowing their circumstances behind their judgments.” MenMeanDoeSelfBehindsAttitudeKnowingVirtueFashionJudgingCircumstancesJudgmentLikesCommandHypocrisyOne ManRighteousSpoiledExaggeratedJudgmentalMental AttitudeSelf Righteous Author:Criss Jami
“Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a khali is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.” IfsTodayAsksSidesPowerfulJudgingCircumstancesHusbandMercyDivorceAgreementVery PowerfulSaudis Author:Basmah bint Saud
“It would then be most admirably adapted to the purposes of justice, if laws properly enacted were, as far as circumstances admitted, of themselves to mark out all cases, and to abandon as few as possible to the discretion of the judge.” IfsLawPurposeJusticeCasesJudgingCircumstancesMarkAbandonDiscretionAdapted Book:Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric Source: Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric
“We have the tendency to judge others by their surface appearance, and to find only their negative qualities. But if we search beneath the surface we discover that a myriad of strains mix together to create a particular person's nature. The faults we perceive are likely to be the effect of circumstances, the psychological response to trauma, abuse, rejection, heartbreak, insecurity, pain, confusion, or disease.” IfsPersonsPainTogetherQualityEffectsParticularJudgingCircumstancesDiseaseNegativeAbuseFaultsResponseAppearanceTraumaSurfaceConfusionTendenciesPsychologicalPerceiveRejectionInsecurityStrainBeneath The Surface Author:Radhanath Swami
“Before we snap to judge someone who's done a horrible crime, is it possible that all of us in the worst possible circumstances could be capable of something like that? So it's about not judging people before really considering what the circumstance was and that not all murderers are created equal. We have a tendency in our society to just say murder? Cut and dried. Go away forever. Or maybe you should have the electric chair yourself.” PeopleShouldDoneForeverCuttingWorstCrimeJudgingCircumstancesEqualCapableShould HaveMurderHorribleTendenciesChairsOur SocietyGoing AwayElectricConsideringMurdererSnapsJudging PeopleElectric ChairNot Judging Author:Jack Black
“Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.” MenFirstsSelfWisdomAmericaPoliticalPoliticsEconomyRightsJudgingDutyCircumstancesJudgmentGunResistanceCommandObediencePreservesLiberalismRulersEntitledGun ControlPreservationObligedQualifiedEvaluateSelf PreservationWarrantsMagistratesSingle ManInalienable RightsDuty To God Author:John Locke
“Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.” WorldWayShouldMindWarActionCausesJudgingBearsCircumstancesI RealizedWar Of The WorldsWorld War Ii Author:Thor Heyerdahl
“There is really no way we can know the heart, the intentions, or the circumstances of someone who might say or do something we find reason to criticize. Thus the commandment: 'Judge not.'” KnowsWayHeartReasonMightChristianReligiousKnowingJudgingCircumstancesIntentionCriticizeCommandmentsCriticiseBad Intentions Author:Thomas S. Monson
“We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances in each case.” BelieveGivenCasesJudgingCircumstancesTrialsSufficientDiscretionDisruptive Author:Hugo Black
“I still work that expectation/disappointment cycle all the time. I think it is part of the human nature and I think the most important thing is not to judge it. We are human and we do have expectations and a lot of our expectations are often not met. It is a process of learning how to be kind and compassionate and loving to ourselves when we don't get the things we want when people, circumstances, and opportunities don't match our expectations.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansKindStillsImportantOpportunityProcessHuman NatureJudgingCircumstancesMetsExpectationsImportant ThingsDisappointmentCyclesBe KindCompassionate Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“One of the great things about the film being so unusual and provocative is the filmmaker to me doesn't seem to have a definite opinion on the rights or wrongs or the immorality of behaviors and systems, he just presents a set of very unusual circumstances and asked the audience to partake in the judging of what feels right or wrong or what feels natural and unnatural.” FeelsSeemsFilmNaturalOpinionAudienceRightsJudgingCircumstancesBehaviorGreat ThingsFilmmakerUnusualDefiniteUnnaturalProvocativeImmoralityFeels RightUnusual Circumstances Author:Colin Farrell
“The most enduring of the false narratives is that the signature phrase of the early pontificate - "Who am I to judge?" - was a matter of the pope jettisoning millennia of Catholic moral teaching. It was not. It was a specific response to the circumstances of a man who had repented and was trying to live an upright life.” MenTryingMatterMoralTeachingJudgingCircumstancesCatholicResponseEndureNarrativePhrasesPopeSignatures Author:George Weigel
“Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can be regarded as mitigating. And before you judge, although you have probably already done so, go away and write down the four worst things you have done to a partner, even if - especially if - your partner doesn't know about them. Don't dress things up, or try to explain them; just write them down, in a list, in the plainest language possible. Finished? Ok, so who's the arsehole now?” IfsKnowsWritingTryingDoneLanguageFourWorstJudgingCircumstancesDressesFinishedListsPartnersGoing AwayWorst ThingsArseholes Book:High Fidelity Source: High Fidelity
“It is simply not for us to judge each other. The Lord has reserved that right for Himself, because only He knows our hearts and understands the varying circumstances and complexities of our lives.” KnowsHeartLordOur LivesJudgingCircumstancesComplexityReserved Author:Sheri L. Dew
“But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.” PersonsJudgingCircumstances Author:Abigail Adams