Do not judge your fellow man until you have come into his situation.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- One should not judge others until experiencing their circumstances.
- In plain terms
- Don’t judge people before walking in their shoes.
- What can you take from it?
- Empathy requires experiencing another’s situation first.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can we better understand others without full experience?
- When is judgment unavoidable?
Another view
It can be impossible to fully know another’s experience.
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