Keira Knightley Quotes

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

I love taking people on that journey, which I feel like can open them up to seeing human beings a little more complexly. People that you originally don't like, maybe they have reasons for the way they are, and maybe we can start to understand each other a little better as opposed to being quick to judge and dismiss people.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.

I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.

I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.

The best way to break down that fear is to spend time with somebody, put yourself in somebody else's shoes, understand what the other person is going through.

We do not see into men’s hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge.

You shouldn't judge someone until you've walk a mile through an underground tunnel in her uncomfortable shoes

I'm always trying to see things from different peoples' perspectives, to understand why they love something.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

If you really want to be able to express what goes on with other people, you have to be able to look at them and empathize with them and not judge who they are and what they do.

It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.

… people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

Before I judge someone, I need to talk to them and learn what their journey's are.

An open mind is prerequisite to an open heart.

If you can understand, you can feel compassion.