“No one listens willingly to someone who speaks to them from a position of self-righteousness and judgment. Again and again in the Gospels, Jesus reserves his harshest words for those who ignore their own weakness in order to lord it over others.” SelfOrderJesusSpeakLordPositionListeningJudgmentWeaknessRighteousnessReservesAgain And AgainSelf Righteousness Author:Pope Francis
“Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening to the voice within, not to the noisy babel without. Most of us possess discriminating reasoning powers. Can we use them or must we be fed by others like babes?” BookReasonUseFearVoiceAtheismListeningJudgmentIllRageTheologyReasoningFedsFittingBabeNoisySpectaclesBabel Author:Luther Burbank
“In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.” NeedsFeelsShouldIdeasEnoughNamesWomenAnswersDoorsListeningCallingJudgmentSolutionsOfferingAssistance Author:Amy Dickinson
“Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love - and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.” WorldFirstsActionChristianSpeakWaterPrinciplesGraceFailingListeningJudgmentNewsCommunicateTranslateGood NewsLoftyThirstyGod's GraceUnheardBasic PrinciplesCondescending Author:Philip Yancey
“The fifth doorway to experiencing Love for No Reason is the Doorway of Communication, which corresponds to the energy center located in the throat area. This doorway relates to speaking and listening with compassion, rather than judgment. There are some wonderful tools and techniques available to help us speak and listen with compassion that I've included in this chapter.” ReasonHelpingEnergySpeakCompassionWonderfulCommunicationListeningJudgmentAreasToolsAvailableTechniqueRelateNo ReasonThroatChaptersFifthDoorways Author:Marci Shimoff
“I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.” PeopleMy OwnStudyListeningJudgmentCurrentsChecks Author:Ledisi
“Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.” IfsFearSoundVoiceForeverDoubtJudgingListeningJudgmentPositivityRise AboveWomans DayWomens DaySound JudgmentDoubting YourselfSound JudgementDoubting Everything Author:Nancy Lopez
“If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.” IfsKnowsWayI CanThreeProcessMy OwnListeningJudgmentEmptyPrejudiceCome UpHearingInterviewsExhausted Author:Anna Deavere Smith
“There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.” GivingListeningGoodnessJudgmentRewards Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross