Quotes About Judgment

Does any piece of writing speak for itself? Or do we impose certain values and judgements on that text when interpreting it?

What, after all, is the punishment for taking the Lord's name in vain? It happens to be death (Leviticus 24:16). What is the punishment for working on the Sabbath? Also death (Exodus 31:15). What is the punishment for cursing one's father or mother? Death again (Exodus 21:17). What is the punishment for adultery?

After all, there is an enormous difference between being hostage to one's thoughts and being freely and nonjudgmentally aware of life in the present.

As long as a Christian believes that only his baptized brethren will be saved on the Day of Judgment, he cannot possibly "respect" the beliefs of others, for he knows that the flames of hell have been stoked by these very ideas and await their adherents even now.

Christ died for your sins; He is the Son of God; All human beings have souls that will be subject to judgment after death.

What we condemn most in another person is the conscious intention to do harm.

Christianity, in particular, presents impressive obstacles to thinking intelligently about the nature of the human mind, asserting, as it does, the real existence of individual souls who are subject to the eternal judgment of God.

Antonin Scalia

Take Tamar, for instance. She disguises herself as a harlot and sleeps with her own father-in-law, just to prove what a hypocrite he is.

Bein with them is like walking in after a play has already started. You try to slip in quietly and find your seat, but people turn around, give you dirty looks, and whisper to their neighbors about how rude you are.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

It is better for a man to remain silent and appear a fool, then to open his mouth and remove all doubt.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.

men do not suspect faults which they do not commit

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

A man who writes a book, thinks himself wiser or wittier than the rest of mankind; he supposes that he can instruct or amuse them, and the publick to whom he appeals, must, after all, be the judges of his pretensions.

God himself, sir, doesn't propose to judge man until the end of his days. (So why should you and I? ~ this latter part is added by Napoleon Hill)

Those who take little thought find it easy to pronounce an opinion. - On Optimism

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