Thomas S. Monson Quotes

One should never condemn what one cannot understand.

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

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances.

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

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

Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.

The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.

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.

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

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

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart

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

I could be less impatient with people. I sometimes judge by impressions.

It's important to determine not just the quality of your mind but the fullness of your heart.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.

I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.

I think one of my best qualities is my ability to empathize with people. Perhaps it's because my journey has been so bumpy.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

I'm not one of those people who easily judges something or someone.

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

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.