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Judgement - of others by Arthur Koestler

The only wisdom I acquired when I travelled through Asia in search of Yoga and Zen masters was a lesson childishly simple once one had learnt it: never ask yourself whether a man is a saint or a phoney, but try to draw a balance sheet of the saintliness and phoneyness in him.

taken from: 
a review of Anti-memoirs by André Malraux, Sunday Observer 22 Sept 1968
Author: 
Arthur Koestler