We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to read more

Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge.

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only read more

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their read more

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.