Sasha Lane Quotes

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

Acceptance is what we wish for ourselves and often deny others.

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.

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

As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

You see people, you judge. It's just the human thing to do - good or bad, it's a fact. Like when you get a coffee at Starbucks and the person is rude to you. My mom always says, 'Yeah, but you don't know what kind of day they're having.' You don't know the back-story, and that's why it's so fun to be an actor and to get into the back-story.

I have learned the hard way to mind my business, without judging who people are and what they do. I am more troubled by the lack of space being provided for the truth to unfold. Humans cannot seem to wait for or honor the truth. Instead, we make it up based on who we believe people should or should not be.

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

We are all disposed to attribute to other's motives and views that we have entertained ourselves.

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, when I meet a person, in general, it's not my habit to conclude anything about people. Not completely. Even people you know well constantly remain open.

You should never assume about someone.

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

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

It's not easy. I make snap judgments, too, and I start to write people off. And then I start to remind myself of how I'm constantly asking judges not to write people off. And so then I try to resist it.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

Maybe you don't know who a person is just based on the way they dress. I know that's a really simple thing you're supposed to be taught really young, but sometimes you can forget.

How can you judge a man until you come face to face?

I make mistakes daily, letting generalizations creep into my thoughts and negatively affect my behavior. These mistakes have taught me that the first step to successfully choosing kindness is being more mindful about it, letting go of impatience and intolerance along the way.

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges.

We look at a person and see the person we want to see. I've had to deal with that my whole life, walking in a room and girls thinking I'm going to steal their boyfriends!

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

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