“One should never judge anything unless it is known”

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

Nothing is made from nothing.

To think? That’s it. It is thought. This alone cannot be detached from me. I am, I exist; that is certain.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

To live well is to live concealed.

It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable

The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake.

The destruction of the foundations necessarily brings down the whole edifice.

For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.

At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.

To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.

I’m not a separatist. The imagination is integrative. That’s how you make the new — by putting something else with what you’ve got. And I’m unashamedly an American integrationist.

The more you judge, the less you love.

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy’s show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”

Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.

All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.

Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.

There’s a story behind every person, a reason why they are the way they are. So, think about that before you judge someone.