Quote by Jean Cocteau

“But to judge some people impartially we must renounce certain preconceived opinions and our habitual attitude to the ordinary people about us.”

— Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky

“It's a dangerous business to try and impose one's view of things on others.”

— Salman Rushdie

“We must take into consideration the opinions of others; simply because we all look at the world through different lenses.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“It is always dangerous to view our collective lives without the benefit of history or without regard to diversity among us.”

— Rebekah Nathan

“When all that binds us is what we believe rather than who we are, changing our mind or challenging the collective ideology is risky.”

— Brené Brown

“...the danger that American society as a whole will over-esteem intellect or assign it such a transcendent value as to displace other legitimate values…

— Richard Hofstadter

“I found it difficult to accept that people could be so easily manipulated into supporting positions that contradicted both their self-proclaimed values and their…

— Frederic C. Rich

“Rather than being guided by images of how to be, people need to attend to how they actually are and to respect this.”

— Leslie S. Greenberg

“We can assume the best, but we can’t choose how people perceive us. We can, however, choose how those views affect us.”

— Louise Gornall

“We are so preoccupied with our own point of view that most of the time or we are searching for reasons to convert others…

— Dr Prem Jagyasi

“The opinions of others should not deter you from being yourself..”

— Lailah Gifty Akita