Sydney J. Harris Quotes

judge not that ye be not judged

Making matters worse is people's natural inclination to be easy on themselves, judging themselves according to their good intentions-while holding others to a higher standard and judging them by their worst actions.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.

Judge not, lest ye be judged judgmental.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

I wouldn't judge a man by the presuppositions of his life, but only by the fruits of his life. And the fruits - the relevant fruits - are, I'd say, a sense of charity, a sense of proportion, a sense of justice.

Judge not others unless you're prepared to be judged!

They judge lest they be judged.

Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

God is no respecter of persons or causes.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded.

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.

I suppose we're not supposed to judge people.

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

Everyone will be judged one day, but it's not up to me to judge somebody.

God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.

Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses.

To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we cannot suffer in others is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so.