Wayne Dyer Quotes

I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences?

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Sometimes circumstance blinds us at first from seeing people for who they really are.

For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.

I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.

I've told you before. You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and your preconceptions.

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.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.

Unfair discrimination exists whether we like it or not; I wouldn't have married a gum-chewing vegetarian. Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

Racism has a very quick expiration date when exposed to actual contact with people.

You should never assume about someone.

A lot of times, I think people feel that new plays are suspect, and actually, I don't know where that came from. I completely disagree with it!

Some people assume I'm a spoilt trust fund kid who's never had to work for anything, while others think the best of me because of the good experience they had with my grandfather. It's difficult to digest the fact that they may never see me for who I am.

You can't just constantly judge a situation or a person because of what you're used to or how they look. They might turn out to be this sweet man who asks you what your dreams are. You know?

You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.