When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble
dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.
- William Glasser
Call a plant beautiful, and it becomes a flower.
Call it ugly, and it becomes a weed.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read about
the power of naming.
Labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.
- Michael Graves
People always want to put a label on you;
they always want to compare you to something.
- Carrot Top
Labels are for cans, not people.
- Anthony Rapp
I try to look for the good in everybody,
regardless of the way they're labeled.
- Richard Thompson
Further reading:
Judging Others
Categorizing People
Perspective
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil
What Do You See?
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -
it is the illusion of knowledge.
- Daniel J. Boorstin
What people believe prevails over the truth.
- Sophocles
Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories
by which we categorize and dismiss each other need
to be excavated from the inside.
- Dorothy Allison
There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.
When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
The Nature of Belief
Assumptions
Expectations - Demands
What`s in a Name?
Who am I to Judge?
Labels
Call a plant beautiful, and it becomes a flower.
Call it ugly, and it becomes a weed.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read about
the power of naming.
People always want to put a label on you;
they always want to compare you to something.
- Carrot Top
When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble
dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label.
- William Glasser
Labels are for cans, not people.
- Anthony Rapp
Labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.
- Michael Graves
I try to look for the good in everybody,
regardless of the way they're labeled.
- Richard Thompson
Further reading:
Categorizing People
What Do You See?
Perspective
Judging Others
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil
Perception
