Harper Reed Quotes

If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.

Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.

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

I'm afraid of me.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

Ever since I was a child, I have loved being the centre of attention, but similarly, I can't remember a time in my life that I haven't battled with all sorts of quandaries, fears and weaknesses.

Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try to solve the problem rather than finding the truth in what the person is saying.

Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books.

Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance.

I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.

I think the therapeutic part of acting is allowing myself to step into another human being's shoes. It allows me the ability to release judgment, if I had any judgment to begin with. It's an opportunity to understand rather than to stand outside and point fingers.

Do I have a cold heart? Some say.

It's not a very nice thing to not have empathy. I would like to have empathy. In the past I haven't been very empathetic with other people.

Good acting should teach people to understand rather than judge.

'Citylights' is for those people who know a lot but don't feel at all. It's time for them to feel, and this film will make those people, who know so much, feel because feeling is the life blood of human race, which is disappearing.

Fear is the fear of one's self.

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that you can't stand.

Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.

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.

Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

When so many of our dreams had come true and yet I still saw that so many of my friends were in a lot of pain... I saw their pain from a different perspective and realized that I can't just sing my way out of all this suffering. I have to try to understand human nature and myself and the nature of suffering and a lot of these other issues on a deeper level.