Quotes About Judgment

But the pride of those who live as if they believed they were better than anyone else is rooted in a secret failure to believe in their own goodness.

The wisdom of the flesh is a judgement that the ordinary ends of our natural appetites are the goods to which the whole of man's life are to be ordered. Therefore it inevitably inclines the will to violate God's law.

If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can be read. If you want to help other people you have got to make up your mind to write things that some men will condemn.

The immature conscience is one that bases its judgments partly, or even entirely, on the way other people seem to be disposed toward its decisions. The good is what is admired or accepted by the people it lives with. The evil is what irritates or upsets them. Even

In those days I learned the name Hesperides, and it was from these things that I unconsciously built up the vague fragments of a religion and of a philosophy, which remained hidden and implicit in my acts, and which, in due time, were to assert themselves in a deep and all-embracing attachment to my own judgment and my own will and a constant turning away from subjection, towards the freedom of my own ever-changing horizons.

Any writer who puts his words and thoughts out into the public is going to be criticized.

In every area of thought we must rely ultimately on our judgments, tested by reflection, subject to correction by the counterarguments of others, modified by the imagination and by comparison with alternatives.

failing to look inscrutable to any but the habitually dismissive ...

he had given the Kaffir a choice

fundamental to the concept of an elite is the idea that its members must merit their status in the judgment of others and that they must continually prove by their behavior and actions that they deserve their superior position in society.

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Seldom do people think things through foolishly. More often, they do not bother to think things through at all, so that even brainy individuals can reach untenable conclusions because their brainpower means little if it is not deployed and applied.

In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don't.

If there is an optimistic aspect of preferential doctrines, it is that they may eventually make so many Americans so sick of hearing of group labels and percentages that the idea of judging each individual on his or her own performance may become more attractive than ever.

People are never more sincere than when they assume their own moral superiority.

The hubris of imagining that one can judge merit, as distinguished from judging behavior and performance, can be seen in attempts of educators to grade students according to how well they used their own ability, rather than how well they performed relative to some fixed standard or to other students.

Equal opportunity" laws and policies require that individuals be judged on their qualifications as individuals, without regard to race, sex, age, etc. "Affirmative action" requires that they be judged with regard to such group membership, receiving preferential or compensatory treatment in some cases to achieve a more proportional "representation" in various institutions and occupations.

We cannot judge our prayer...by how we feel when we pray, but rather by how we are loving when we live.

pas bon, celui-là, maman. Du saumon d'élevage gueule contre cul à bouffer les crottes des autres ».

Shame on you for dating a musician. At your age.

Whenever you are pointing your finger at someone, notice that there are always three fingers pointing back at you. —Anonymous

I would be a Christian, except for all the Christians.

That's why an Angelina Jolie is always going to win over a Winona Ryder. Fuckups are more interesting.