Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

We, the human beings in this world, if there is a spark of goodness or kindness in our hearts, avoid judging people. We prefer forgiving to judging.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?

Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.

Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement.

To understand all is to forgive all.

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

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

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own.

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.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

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.

People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?

Grant people a lifetime of forgiveness before you even meet them.

There are faults we would fain pardon.

The sooner one develops compassion in this journey, the better. Compassion lets us appreciate that each individual is doing what he or she must do, and that there is no reason to judge another person or oneself. You merely do what you can to further your own awakening.

One should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.