“A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.”

“One of the fundamental points about religious humility is you say you don't know about the ultimate judgment. It's beyond your judgment. And if you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.”

“Everyone who has read your book are unanimous in their judgment. They all think it is politically harmful for us. There is no point in giving it for an evaluation to the writers Fedin, Leonov, Ehrenburg, etc. The reviewers could have made a mistake in their aesthetic judgment but they were unanimous in their political judgment, and I have no doubt that their political judgment is absolutely correct.”

“The usual judgments are judgments of interest and they tell us less about the nature of the person judged than about the interest of the one who judges.”

“What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.”

“Selfishness comes from too little self-love, not too much, as we compensate for our lack. There’s no such thing as caring for the self too much, just as there’s no such thing as too much genuine affection for others. Our world suffers from too little self-love and too much judgment, insecurity, fear, and mistrust. If we all cared about ourselves more, most of these ills would disappear.”

“Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.”

“Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.”

“Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.”

“Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.”