Ann Rule Quotes

I live my life by these little church signs you see as you drive around, and there's one near me that says, 'If we really knew each other, we would neither idolise nor condemn.' And that's it: if we all knew each other, then we wouldn't treat anybody any different. And there wouldn't be any big stars, I guess.

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

I think it just came with me evolving as a person and me understanding that it's not right to judge or to say anything derogatory about other people, especially if I don't know them.

To judge someone before understanding that person is a form of human rejection and feeds upon itself. It intensifies personal insecurities, necessitating more judgment (prejudice) and less understanding. The processes continue in this vicious cycle.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

My position is that you've got to accommodate everything. I don't morally accommodate but imaginatively accommodate.

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.

I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong.

My whole thing is feel free to hate me - I so don't care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

I don't have many deal breakers. I've done so much in my life, it doesn't feel right to judge other people.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

Never judge a person if you don't know him.

I try not to judge because I've been judged a heck of a lot, and it don't feel nice.

Tolerance is an acquired taste. It is not innate. You build tolerance.

If err we must, let us err on the side of tolerance.

I'm not going to judge anybody on their personal circumstances.

An open mind is prerequisite to an open heart.

I don't have hard edges.

I love taking people on that journey, which I feel like can open them up to seeing human beings a little more complexly. People that you originally don't like, maybe they have reasons for the way they are, and maybe we can start to understand each other a little better as opposed to being quick to judge and dismiss people.

We, as a society, need to be open-minded.