35 Wrongly Judged Quotes to Open Our Minds & Hearts

We have all been judged and have judged others before. It's difficult not to. However, most of the time, our assumptions about people are wrong. Read these 35 wrongly judged quotes to help you withhold judgment.

Judging others is so easy simply because we do not know them and so have somehow not been able to connect with their humanity and nuance. It is even easier to do so when they follow different lifestyles and have differing perspectives and opinions from our own.

However, judging others robs us of creating new connections and exploring new ways of viewing the world, therefore making our life small and miserable. Read the following 35 quotes to learn how to open your mind and heart.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s quote: "Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.” | Image: AmoDays

Quotes on Why We Shouldn't Judge

"You're wrong means that I don't understand you, I'm not seeing what you're seeing—and I do not see all of you there is to see. But there is nothing wrong with you. You are what you need to be, doing what you need to be doing, and although I may take steps to protect myself from others, I do not know all and therefore am literally inadequate to judge." — Hugh Prather

"In my life, anyway, anytime that I judge something to be rigidly right or wrong, it comes from fear." — Alanis Morissette

"People who hate liars are often judgemental. If they weren't so judgemental, then people might be more likely, to be honest, and tell the truth. But, because they are so judgemental, people resort to lies to keep the peace." ― Blake Crouch Newman

"I try not to live my life worrying about what others think. A core spiritual quality is nonjudgment, which is not just about not judging others, but also not living your life worried about others judging you." — Deepak Chopra

"Not judging people is the fastest way to peace." ― Jonathan Jackson

Suzy Kassem’s quote: "Those who are critical don't like being criticized, and those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses." | Image: AmoDays

"Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Judging others is easy because it distracts us from the responsibility of judging ourselves." ― Charles F. Glassman

"Those who are critical don't like being criticized, and those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses." ― Suzy Kassem

"Every person, as every institution, and, above all, every religion is to be judged not by the amount of atrocities or the wrong committed but by the right conduct." — Mahatma Gandhi

Carl Jung’s quote: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." | Image: AmoDays

"Thinking is difficult; that's why most people judge." — Carl Jung

"I try to teach through my opinions, through my speeches, how wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like, color of their skin, whether they're men or women." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." — Carl Jung

"There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge." — Jack London

Carl Jung’s quote: "Thinking is difficult; that's why most people judge.” | Image: AmoDays

"Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself." — Joy Marino

"The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets." ― John Mark Green

"Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are." — Kristen Stewart

Quotes beyond Judgement

"Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Joy Marino’s quote: "Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself." | Image: AmoDays

"Why judge when it's only a matter of perception." ― Haresh Sippy

"When they judge you, yawn. When they misunderstand you, smile. When they underestimate you, laugh. When they condemn you, ignore. When they envy you, rejoice. When they oppose you, prevail." ― Matshona Dhliwayo

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." ― Mother Teresa

"A judging eye can't see beyond the outfits. When you drop all judgments, and the light of awareness shines in you, [the] true nature of everyone gets revealed before you." ― Shunya

More Quotes about Judgment

"We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others." ― John Wesley

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s quote: "Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating." | Image: AmoDays

"I know people can be judgmental and difficult. But if you shut yourself away from the world, you'll never see how beautiful it really is." ― Imania Margria, "The Pacemaker"

"Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment." — Simon Bolivar

"I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all." — Henry James

Mahatma Gandhi’s quote: "Every person, as every institution, and, above all, every religion is to be judged not by the amount of atrocities or the wrong committed but by the right conduct." | Image: AmoDays

"There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on that question, many judge quite wrongly." — Vincent Van Gogh

"I am always changing, and I will continue to change. So, I never try to describe, define or judge myself." — Omar Sy

"Judge [people] not by what they are, but by what they strive to become." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"And because this is so, judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order to promote certain ethical values and achieve certain social ends. Such activity is not necessarily wrong or invalid." — Elena Kagan

Debasish Mridha’s quote: "Society judges people by their successes. I get attracted by their dedication, simplicity, and humility." | Image: AmoDays

"It is the property of fools to be always judging." — Thomas Fuller

"Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules." — Robert Anton Wilson

"Society judges people by their successes. I get attracted by their dedication, simplicity, and humility." ― Debasish Mridha

Thomas Fuller’s quote: "It is the property of fools to be always judging." | Image: AmoDays

Judgment not only closes up our hearts and minds, but it is a form of arrogance. The idea that one person could understand another more than themselves is borderline ludicrous.

Rather, let's approach others with curiosity and a willingness to learn. To learn how to become more curious, read these 98 quotes.