Quotes about judging others

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

Funny...how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

In a world of individuals, comparison is a senseless activity.

If we examine the process of "understanding" people and ideas from the perspective of Western thought, we discover that its basis is this requirement for transparency. In order to understand and thus accept you, I have to measure your solidity with the ideal scale providing me with grounds to make comparisons and, perhaps, judgments. I have to reduce. (p. 189-90)

You think you know what I am, she thought, but all you’ve got is stories.

Before you call the snail a weakling, tie your house to your back and carry it around for a week.

People don’t really want to know anything about you. They just want you to fit into their little predetermined slots. They decide what you are in the first two seconds, and they only get nervous or upset if you don’t live up to their snap judgments.

“I barely looked at him, but he seemed kind of creepy.”

Tengo put the card into his wallet. “I suspect that impression wouldn’t change even if you had more time to look at him,” he said.

“I always tell myself not to judge people by their appearance. I’ve been wrong in the past and had some serious regrets. But the minute I saw this man, I got the feeling that he couldn’t be trusted. I still feel that way.”

“You’re not alone,” Tengo said.

“They were pretty friendly, for dancing skeletons,” Isaac said, waving after them.

“If I’ve learned one thing,” Alice said, “it’s not to judge by appearances.”

People decide what you're like before they even get to know you” (p193)

Most people do the best they can.

Judge a chap on what he does, and not what he is, eh? None of us can help our natural tendencies—and perhaps overcoming one’s instincts is in the end a nobler achievement than not having the impulse in the first place.