You may hear the sentence about “Anyone should not judge people by external appearances”. This statement is correct because what you see may not be real or may not be as you think they will be and their actions are, instead, what one should use to judge people because they can affect other people both in positive and negative way.
Firstly, what you see may not be real or may not be as you think it will be, so you cannot judge people by appearances. People in nice clothes can be bad or criminals and people with poor clothes may be good. For example, there was a study conducted by a university professor did research few years ago about how people judged others by clothes. The study was done by asking 20 people to score two persons who are a criminal in a nice suit and a teacher in poor dress based on credit and trustworthiness. The results showed that most people thought that the person in a nice suit was more trustworthy than the teacher. This means that most people were tricked. Hence, one should not judge people by appearance because what you see may not real.
Secondly, actions are a good measurement of people. Good actions can improve things or affect things in a positive way. On the other hand, bad things can cause trouble for many people. The example to support my reasons is a thought of Buddhism. The Buddhists believe that if people do good things, good things will get back to them. The action which are based on this believe is, for example, giving food to monks. Giving and donation is good action and Buddhists believe that they will get something good back to their life. In my opinion, at least something good that they will get is pleasant mind. They will feel happy that their giving or donation can help people in needs. Hence, actions are suitable to judge people.
Finally, I would like to persuade everybody to judge people by their actions and never judge them by their appearances. People can misunderstand or be tricked by external appearances, and their actions are, instead, suitable measurement which everybody should use to judge people.
