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.

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

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices read more

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not diminished and their intelligence is not increased

To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.

To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is read more

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions

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

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

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and read more

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses