a ruler

How do we measure a man? Is it through his acts combined, his potential or a single act? Is it wrong to measure a man to be evil through a single evil act, when all his past acts have been nothing but good? Or was it his potential to be evil that damned him from the beginning and if so how can you ever judge a man, for a man is capable of almost anything in the right circumstance. A man may lie, but his intent is good - even though you may feel violated and manipulated by the lie, should then you judge him for his intention or for his act? How can you ever know a mans intention? A mans intention can change, and with it his acts - should you judge him on the potential for that change? If not, how can you guard against it? You can never have a static viewpoint, for in that stoic stance ignorance and arrogance are bled into hurt and untruth. You must expect the unexpected; modify your underlying self to bear all outcomes, to see all truths. This is achievable by seeing no truth, by bearing no outcome until such a time as you can see which truth, which outcome would be the best, which outcome would benefit your intentions the most. This is wisdom. This is unjudging. This is truth.