Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

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.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

I don't want people to judge books by their cover, I want people to be open minded to the rest of the world.

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

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

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

I've told you before. You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and your preconceptions.

Think before you speak. Think before you judge. Think before you think you have a person all figured out.

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.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Ignorance is my least favorite thing. I really think it's at the core of all our problems.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.