Deepak Chopra Quotes

Since opinions do not find in me a ready soil to thrust and spread their roots into, no premise shocks me, no belief hurts me, no matter how opposite to my own they may be.

Replace judgment with curiosity.

An open mind is prerequisite to an open heart.

To date, my biggest lesson may be that judgment of others is never a good thing.

I think it just came with me evolving as a person and me understanding that it's not right to judge or to say anything derogatory about other people, especially if I don't know them.

Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.

To judge someone before understanding that person is a form of human rejection and feeds upon itself. It intensifies personal insecurities, necessitating more judgment (prejudice) and less understanding. The processes continue in this vicious cycle.

Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be - unless you have been there.

Acceptance is what we wish for ourselves and often deny others.

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.

What we do not understand we have no right to judge

I like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged.

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

Only humans are judgmental, and because you are, you assume that I must be. Yet I am not, and that is the great truth you cannot accept.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Think before you speak. Think before you judge. Think before you think you have a person all figured out.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.