Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

When we can see things as they are, without projecting our mental models and fears, we are being objective. When we can understand and consider another person's point of view, we are being objective.

To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm

Don't make assumptions.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

To increase our objectivity, we must learn to switch off the mini-movies. Objectivity requires us to be mindful, present in the moment, and experiencing what is happening without judgment.

Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

I like to think that I'm nonjudgmental, that I can listen and be engaged by almost anything.

I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way.

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

I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.

There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.

No, I don't want you to draw any conclusion. I want you to listen to what I just said.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing.

The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

… without animus or partiality.

A liberal is someone who is so open-minded that he won’t even take his own side in an argument.

Photographers tend to have the non-judgmental gene

I have labored carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions