Han Suyin Quotes

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

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

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

I can't approach a character with judgment.

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

There is really no way we can know the heart, the intentions, or the circumstances of someone who might say or do something we find reason to criticize. Thus the commandment: 'Judge not.'

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.

To understand all is to forgive all.

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

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

You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice toward others.

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

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn.

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up, and bearing with all their faults, follies, prejudices and mistakes until he can convince them that he is right.

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

Everyone deserves compassion.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law.

Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.