Adam Smith Quotes

If you would judge, understand.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

I'm excited about seeing things, and I'm interested in the way I think other people saw things.

Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.

We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.

Life experience. I can talk it up, vow to broaden my horizons, but I’m still limited to the experiences with my life. How can a person understand an experience that lies completely outside her own? She can see it, feel it, imagine what it would be like to live it, but it’s no different from seeing a movie on a screen and saying, “Thank God that’s not me”.

To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

I don't spend a lot of time judging anyone I play. Even if their function in the script is to be the villain, I concentrate on what their perspective of the events is. Not even to justify them.

One unconsciously takes it for granted that doer and sufferer think and feel alike, and according to this supposition we measure the guilt of the one by the pain of the other.

Being on the outside of something, watching someone make a risky decision, it's so easy to judge someone for that. But when you're in it, it's impossible to see it.

each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.

You're wrong means that I don't understand you, I'm not seeing what you're seeing- and I'm not seeing all of you there is to see. But there is nothing wrong with you. You are what you need to be, doing what you need to be doing, and although I may take steps to protect myself of others, I do not know all and therefore am literally inadequate to judge.

Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.

Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand their demeanor.

I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.

You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.

We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job.

I never, for instance, have the urge to paint animals 'the way I see them,' but rather the way they are... The way they themselves look at the world and feel their being

To be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.

No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.

To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.

Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.