Quotes About Judgment

To observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

My opposition is based on two grounds; first, the right of every rational being to become a "Priest unto himself," and by the test of enlightened reason, to form his own unbiased judgment of all things natural and spiritual:

My opposition is based on two grounds; first, the right of every rational being to become a "Priest unto himself," and by the test of enlightened reason, to form his own unbiassed judgment of all things natural and spiritual: second, that the reputation of the Bishops who extracted these books from the original New Testament, under the pretence of being Apocryphal, and forbade them to be read by the people, is proved by authentic impartial history too odious to entitle them to any deference.

Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.

Before you know it, if you're not careful, you can get to feeling sorry for everybody and there's nobody left to hate.

How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . . an accurate knowledge of all particulars, so that we may live as it were in the times, and among the persons, of whom we read, see with their eyes, and reason and decide on their premises?

because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, he gave them over to a reprobate mind

We are all accountable: Our fallen nature is no excuse. We are responsible: God is not to blame. We stand guilty and deserving judgment. Any other teaching dilutes and refutes the true significance of the cross of Christ.

The Bible specifically states that sin cannot be blamed on how God made us. "When tempted, no one should say 'God is tempting me' " (Jas. 1:13). God wants us to come to terms with our sin and embrace the solution He has provided that can save us from judgment.

Every idiot has an opinion. I should know because I am one of them.

Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

You know inside whether it's right. But you still have to choose to do it.

Bible: "Don't think of yourself [or climb] more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you" (Romans

One of the few certainties in life is that persons of certainty should certainly be avoided.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.

Among the whites some think they can see and choose for others.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Never trust a man who doesn't drink.

I said to myself, 'He has done this and he has paid for it. Isn't that enough? Is a man to be condemned forever? Why do I go to church and repeat the Lord's Prayer if I don't hold to it, if there is no forgiveness? Is our own behavior higher than the founder of Christianity, that we should set a higher standard for others?

You might not be the smartest feller in town, but you've got more sense than most people.

To love the world is to feed on the dead things condemned and judged by God.

When a person has been given up by God, he will never do good things. He will not improve but only descend lower and lower.

Well, I think the Yoruba gods are truthful. Truthful in the sense that i consider religion and the construct of deities simply an extension of human qualities taken, if you like, to the nth degree. i mistrust gods who become so separated from humanity that enormous crimes can be committed in their names. i prefer gods who can be brought down to earth and judged, if you like.