Quotes About Judgment

Look at this, Willem, he admits he doesn't know the law and at the same time insists he's innocent.

Don't be too hasty, don't take somebody else's opinion without testing it.

Guilt is never to be doubted.

People under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins.

Whatever he may seem to us, he is yet a servant of the Law; that is, he belongs to the Law and as such is set beyond human judgment.

He accepted it as a fundamental principle for an accused man to be always forearmed, never to let himself be caught napping, never to let his eyes stray unthinkingly to the right when his judge was looming up on the left--to the right when his judge was looming up on the left--and against that very principle he kept offending again and again.

For a man under suspicion movement is better than rest, for the man who is at rest can always, without knowing it, be on the scales being weighed together with his sins.

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgment by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

Where was the judge he'd never seen? Where was the high court he had never reached?

Justice has to be motionless or else the scales will waver that and there is no possibility of a correct judgement

Das Gericht will nichts von Dir. Es nimmt Dich auf wenn Du kommst und es entläßt Dich wenn du gehst.

The court wants nothing from you. It receives you when you come and dismisses you when you go.

los libros son códigos y es propio de este tipo de justicia que uno sea condenado no sólo inocente, sino también ignorante.

No, hay algo más para hoy: si usted distrae un solo minuto de su sueño para dedicarlo a la tarea de traducción será como si me estuviera maldiciendo. Porque si algún día se me somete a juicio, no habrá largas investigaciones, bastará con afirmar: él la privó del sueño. Eso bastará para que me condenen, y con razón. De modo que estoy luchando por mí cuando le ruego que no vuelva a hacer algo así.

In a way, I was already punished before I knew I had done anything wrong.

Keines der Mädchen hat mich enttäuscht, nur ich sie beide. Mein Urteil über sie ist heute genau das gleiche, wie damals als ich sie heiraten wollte.

You see, Willem, he admits he doesn't know the law, and at the same time claims he's innocent.

A minha própria loucura refugiada dentro dela mesma, como num ataúde, a loucura dos outros que julgam ver aqui um autêntico ataúde, por consequência um ataúde que se pode transportar, abrir, destruir, trocar por qualquer outro.

anything that man could approve must be worthless.

Ainoastaan käsityksemme ajasta antaa meille mahdollisuuden puhua viimeisestä tuomiosta, vaikka kyseessä on itse asiassa sotaoikeus.

Schließlich wird sein Augenlicht schwach, und er weiß nicht, ob es um ihn wirklich dunkler wird, oder ob ihn nur seine Augen täuschen. Wohl aber erkennt er jetzt im Dunkel einen Glanz, der unverlöschlich aus der Türe des Gesetzes bricht. Nun lebt er nicht mehr lange.

You see, Willhem, he admits that he doesn't know the Law and yet he claims he's innocent. You're right there, but he can't seem to understand anything, said the other. K. said nothing more; why should I let the idle talk of these lowly agents - they admit themselves that's what they are - confuse me further? he thought. After all, they're discussing things they don't understand. Their confidence is based solely on ignorance.

Those who choose to despise us find themselves in the best company.

Niet zo haastig,' zei de geestelijke, 'neem niet de mening van een ander over zonder na te denken. Ik heb je het verhaal letterlijk zo verteld als het in de tekst staat. Van misleiden staat daarin niets.