“If you feel an aversion to a person--that is, an unexplainable feeling of dislike or distaste for him--it is the most dangerous time for a proper opinion of him, his character, or his actions. Any judgment you pass upon him at such a time is bound to be unfair.” IfsFeelsPersonsCharacterFeelingsActionJusticeOpinionDangerousJudgmentBoundsDislikeUnfairAversionDistasteUnexplainable Book:The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time Source: The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
“Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.” MindPersonsCertainBeliefOpinionMarkJustifyDislikeVulgarTransfersOpinions And Beliefs Author:John Lancaster Spalding
“Show people your stuff, listen carefully to their responses, but ultimately don't value anyone's opinion above your own. Be influenced by writers you dislike as well as writers you like. Read their stuff to figure out what's wrong. Find a balance between the confidence that allows you continue, and the self-critical facility that enables you to improve. Get the balance wrong on either side, and you're screwed.” PeopleWritingWellsSelfShowsValuesStuffSidesOpinionFiguresBalanceResponseCriticalDislikeFacility Author:Alex Garland
“I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.” MenCountryBigsSoundBusinessOpinionRegardAdmirationDislikeTypicalNo Trust Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“It is my melancholy fate to like so many people I profoundly disagree with and often heartily dislike people who agree with me.” PeopleOpinionFateAgreeMelancholyDisagreeDislike Author:Mary Kingsley
“They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.” OpinionOrthodoxDislikeHeresyLeviathan Author:Thomas Hobbes