Quotes About Judgment

why do you condemn a man whom you have never met, whom no one knows and about whom even you yourself know nothing?

Why do you condemn a man who you have never seen, whom no one knows about and whom you yourself know nothing?

Surely, if his heart continued to make such a noise, they would hear it inside, they would open the door and the young man would be turned away in disgrace.

There are times where excessive innocence seems so monstrous that it becomes hateful.

Alas, madame, Raoul humbly replied, unable to restrain his tears, alas, I believe that Christine really does love him!...But it is not only that which drives me to despair; for what I am not certain of, madame, is that the man whom Christine loves is worthy of her love! It is for me to be the judge of that, monsieur! said Christine, looking Raoul angrily in the face.

Why do you condemn a man you've never seen, a man no one knows, a man you know nothing about?

We worship beauty, thinking it has innate meaning. Perhaps it is little more than fortunate inheritance and good health. Can we see beyond the shell to the man or woman within?

Mental illness is often in the eye of the beholder. Too often on this PLANET it refers to those who think and act differently from the majority.

Why is it that postmodernists, who believe there are no moral absolutes, are so moralistic?

Just as the room of the Inquisitor in Dr. Talos's play, with its high judicial bench, lurked somewhere at the lowest level of the House Absolute, so we have each of us in the dustiest cellars of our minds a counter at which we strive to repay the debts of the past with the debased currency of the present.

It is well, I think, for us to learn to tell evil from good; but it has its price, as everything does. We leave our evil friend behind.

People don't want other people to be people. They throw names over them and lock them in

It's a pity you are a torturer," Ultan said. "You might have been a philosopher.

You claim the right to prosecute me in accordance with your laws, the laws of Dorp, about which I know nothing. I claim the right to defend myself by the only law I know, the law of reason. Reason demands an impartial judge, and that I be given the advice of someone who knows your law.

They were all thoroughly bad people of the type to which I myself belong—that is to say, bad people who are pleased to think themselves good.

People don't want other people to be people. They throw names over them and lock them in, but I don't want you to let them lock you in.

Until we reach the end of time, we don't know whether something's been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.

Tyranny is a form of perversion. We come to love it. Every government is a tyranny to a degree, and the more evil it is, the more it is loved. The difficulty lies in judging the degree of tyranny under which you live.

Nice people were not supposed to be able to recognize certain things, because they were supposed to be so untainted that they couldn't even think about them.

By God, quod he, for pleynly, at a word, Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a toord!

for that which goes beyond moderation is folly and Sin.

Whether because of anger, sickness, the position of the stars, wine, woe, or a change in temperament, something does cause us full oft to say or do an untoward thing. A man may not wreak vengeance for every wrong. Temperance must be determined, according to the occasion, by every person of good judgment. And, therefore, did this wise, worthy Knight, in order to live in harmony, promise forbearance unto her, and she unto him truly swore that never would he find fault in her.

Opta por el no antes que por el sí cuando puedas hacer algo de lo que luego te arrepentirás.

For Cato says that he who is guilty believes every one speaks only of him.