The more one judges, the less one loves.   Honoré de Balzac When we place ourselves in a position of judging others because they don't have the same views (political), beliefs (religious), lifestyles, careers, fashion sense, etc then we also place ourselves in a position of loving others less.  There isn't room for judgement and love.  One overpowers the other and when we give in to judging we have chosen to leave love behind.  There are times when this is more evident than others.  Times like election season, when controversial topics are highlighted because of a tragedy, etc.   There is a huge difference between opinion and judgement.  We cross over from holding an opinion to judging when we engage in pompous behavior, mocking others who hold differing views/opinions, using foul language to get our point across, and treating others with derision because they don't agree with us.  We silently turn to judgement when we feel the need to use soci...