Empathy Quote by Robert Wright

“Our tendency to point out the weaknesses of others is a way to avoid facing our own shortcomings and areas needing improvement.”

— Alan E. Nelson

“Judgement is so often a thwarted, frustrated expression of envy.”

— Elizabeth Winder

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

— Edsger Dijkstra

“IT is not easy—perhaps not even desirable—to judge other people by a consistent standard. Conduct obnoxious, even unbearable, in one person may be readily…

— Anthony Powell

“(How quickly, with a slight twist in perception, do people’s strengths become flaws!)”

— Christina Baker Kline

“Maintaining one’s vigilance against biases is a chore—but the chance to avoid a costly mistake is sometimes worth the effort.”

— Daniel Kahneman

Working upon the flaws of others not only leaves us unimproved; it actually leaves us being less than we were prior to making those…

— Anonymous

“A person that judges others will inevitably judge themselves harshly. It is only when one stops judging others that, that one can truly appreciate…

— Ando Oomae

“A human being needs to endure something in order to learn to assess himself correctly, and not least to learn to think with others.…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I often accuse my finest acquaintances of an immense frivolity; for, while there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we donot teach…

— Henry David Thoreau

We judge nothing so hastily as character, and yet there is nothing over which we should be more cautious.... I have always found that…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“We mistakenly equate flattery to friendship and criticism to opposition; one should evaluate truth first and then judge, for flattery and criticism are primarily…

— RJ Intindola - - 1975