Quotes About Judgment

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms - in themselves such judgments are stupidities.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

Thinking evil is making evil.

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

Nothing is beautiful, only man on this piece of navety rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second nothing is ugly but degenerate man-the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.

Ceux qui estiment que le fait de voir le mal est preuve de mauvaiseté (« le bon ne voit partout que du bien », etc.), sont les premiers à voir du mal dès qu'il s'agit d'orthodoxie, de dogmes, de culte, d'institutions sacerdotales ; en pratique c'est surtout le mal qui bénéficie de leur « amour universel ».

from miserable, starving children' to 'picking winners',

At that moment, as I looked this man in the eye, I was reminded of Hanlon's razor, a philosophical notion that states one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. It occurred to me just then that, conversely, one ought never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by malice.

I could go to UT, make the Dean's List, and get a master's in education, but I would always be a third-generation delinquent to the older folks. They weren't wrong, of course, but it was still unkind of them to comment on it.

You'll keep making wrong decisions if you keep worrying about what other people think.

There is nothing either good or bad, it is merely your thinking that makes it so.

Stupidity was when you took risks for no good reason. Courage was when you took a calculated risk in order to accomplish something important. Had

If you are a nice person and you are a writer, that's two strikes against you.

Some imagine the difference between heaven and hell to be a matter of geography. Not so. The difference is much more evident in the individuals who dwell there.

It has always seemed to me that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.

Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

I'm wondering if every person I pass has similar depths, and if there's any way to avoid the mistake of judging them so shallowly that I'm rocked when they show their true complexity.

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

Priests are always easy to blame. They make convenient scapegoats—after all, anyone with a strong faith different from your own must either be a crazy zealot or a lying manipulator.

If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm.