Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

Imperfect men have no right to judge other imperfect men.

So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.

I ain't got no right to judge someone.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There is a saying in India that the person who should throw a stone first is the person who has not committed any sins. In the world right now, a lot of people want to give advice. But look within them, and they too have sinned in some way. Ultimately, India's view point is that efforts need to be made to sit together and talk, and to resolve problems in an ongoing process.

That which we call sin in others is experiment for us.

The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a saint is humility-Yes, all those things and other evils would have been manifested in me but for the grace of God, therefore I have no right to judge.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge.

You may think a crime horrible because you could never commit it. I think it is horrible because I could commit it.

You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.

The confession of one man humbles all.

If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.

If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?

A pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.

We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.

Judge not others unless you're prepared to be judged!

E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within.

Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you're faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil

I choose to suppress the initial categories I want to put people in - rich, poor, together, not together, druggie, yuppie, rocker, loser, winner, cool, uncool. I choose to remember that I don't know their struggle or their pain. I choose to err on the side of grace because someday I'll stand before God, and I pray He'll err on the side of grace with me.

Contempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,--while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles there little fancy on every occasion, it never enters the great and good mind but on the strongest motives; nor is it then a welcome guest,--affording only an uneasy sensation, and bringing always with it a mixture of concern and compassion.

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.