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• Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Practice, Spiritual Practice

  Twitter post from Feb 05, 2015

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• We all should choose our friends carefully. I used to think that no one could know me better than somebody else, because you're inside yourself, your body, you can't see yourself. If you think like that, you surround yourself with other people who are willing to tell you who you are, which are usually judgmental people ... we should really surround ourselves with the ones that adore us and believe in the highest of us.

  Jewel

  I Like You, Believe, Insomnia

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• For many people, God is a frightening idea. Asking God for help doesn't seem very comforting if we think of Him as something outside ourselves, or capricious, or judgmental. But God is love and He dwells within us. We are created in His image, or mind, which means that we are extensions of His love, or Sons and Daughters of God.

  Marianne Williamson

  Daughter, Mean, Son

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• It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin. Superficially, that would suggest that conservatives take a more understanding and indulgent view of individual lapses, while liberals take a more harshly judgmental one. In fact, we know, quite the opposite is the case.

  William A. Henry III

  Believe, Men, Views

  William A. Henry, III (2015). “In Defense of Elitism”, p.157, Anchor

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• I think most of us become nicer as we get older, less judgmental, less full of certitude; life tends to knock a few corners of us as we go through. Cancer, divorce, teenagers, and other plagues make us give up on expecting ourselves - or life - to be perfect, which is a real relief.

  Molly Ivins

  Giving Up, Real, Cancer

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• Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ability to learn. The judgmental precedents of law function that way, littering your path with dead ends. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.

  Frank Herbert

  Law, Understanding, Over You

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.166, Penguin

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• I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Hate, Film, I Hate

  "Talulah Riley tell all about St Trinians - and acting with heartthrob Colin Firth" by Alun Palmer, www.mirror.co.uk. December 18, 2009.

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• You never know, when you're going in to work with people if they're gonna be friendly or judgmental, or what have you. There's a ton of insecurities that go into my head, before I start working with someone.

  Ashley Greene

  People, Insecurity, Friendly

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• People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental.

  Christa Miller

  People, Sometimes, Said

  "Why I’m Scared to Say Cougar Town Is the Best Job Ever" by Christa Miller, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on envy, resentment and ultimately on a vicious urge to lash out against others for the pain of ones own insignificance. That has been a common thread in things as disparate as ghetto riots, two world wars, and now Islamic terrorism.

  Thomas Sowell

  Pain, War, Islamic

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• Whether you're a libertarian liberal or a more egalitarian liberal, the idea is that justice means being non-judgmental with respect to the preferences people bring to public life.

  Michael Sandel

  Mean, Egalitarianism, Ideas

  "'Whether we are arguing about MPs' expenses or assisted suicide, we need to engage with the moral ideals underlying our political debates'". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

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• Interfering, judgmental, and disrespectful mothers-in-law are common complaints.

  Emily Yoffe

  Mother, Law, Common

  "Mother Loathe". Live chat, www.slate.com. May 27, 2015.

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• Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to the highest with your feet on the ground, and reach for your brother with the words that you sound, and don't let mistakes be so monumental, and don't let your love be so confidential, and don't let your mind be so darn judgmental, and please let your heart be more influential. Be thankful for all the Spirit provides, And be thankful for all that you can see without eyes, Give thanks to music that keeps us alive, And give thanks to all DJs worldwide.

  Michael Franti

  Brother, Mistake, Eye

  FaceBook post by Michael Franti and Spearhead from Oct 19, 2015

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• You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.

  Ioan Gruffudd

  Performances

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• Don't hope for a life without problems. An easy life results in a judgmental and lazy mind.

  Kyongho

  Lazy, Mind, Problem

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• The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.

  Criss Jami

  People, Judging, Complaining

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.8, Criss Jami

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• I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power over that.

  Richard E. Grant

  People, Faults, Recognise

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• Life is an exercise in the development of feeling. When we repress feelings, we become sour and judgmental. When we live awash in great feeling over small things, we become jaded long before we have even begun to enjoy. When feelings are in balance they sweeten long days and great distances with gratitude and hope.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Gratitude, Distance, Exercise

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• Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't a sort of spoiled, self-righteous hypocrisy when one man obsessively commands other men not to judge without knowing the circumstances without himself, too, knowing their circumstances behind their judgments.

  Criss Jami

  Fashion, Attitude, Mean

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• There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.

  Criss Jami

  Spring, Issues, Judging

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.63, Criss Jami

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• At a certain point, you have to stop being precious with your material and be cruel and harsh and judgmental.

  Marshall Curry

  Harsh

  "The Best Documentary Filmmaking Advice from Full Frame Documentary Film Festival". Interview with Sam Adams, www.indiewire.com. April 24, 2015.

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• Our assignment was to topple this prudish, judgmental civilization. And it worked.

  Timothy Leary

  Civilization, Assignments

  Timothy Leary (2001). “Your Brain Is God”, p.104, Ronin Publishing

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• Jesus is the best clue we have as to what God is like and He is consistently gracious and merciful, especially to those who are failures. He is harsh to uptight, judgmental people, but merciful and gracious to the failures. He seems to draw out the smallest kernel of faith in each person that He's with. So, I presume that that's the way God is going to judge humanity.

  Philip Yancey

  Jesus, People, Judging

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• I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of acceptance, hasn't also produced a moral lobotomy. In the reluctance, the aversion to being judgmental, are we disabled from making any judgments at all?

  Ellen Goodman

  Religious, Moving, Acceptance

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