Quotes about Judgment
The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.
— John Tillotson
The worst temptation of religious people has always been to publish and punish the sins of (other) sinners in this world, with no patience or deference for the judgment of God.
— Wendell Berry
Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of judgment. But amateur standards, the standards of love, are always straining upward toward the humble and the best. They enlarge the ground of judgment. The context of love is the world.
— Wendell Berry
Tell um de good Lawd dont keer whether he bright er not. Dont nobody but white trash keer dat.
— William Faulkner
You're not being tried by common sense," Horace said. "You're being tried by a jury.
— William Faulkner
Learn us all the refinement and education that there's a better use for the mouth than running private opinions through it.
— William Faulkner
that adult trait of being convinced of anything by an assumption of silent superiority
— William Faulkner
A hack writer who would not have been considered fourth rate in Europe. (on Mark Twain)
— William Faulkner
The Lord can see into the heart. If it is His will that some folks has different ideas about honesty from other folks, it is not my place to question His decree.
— William Faulkner
The Lord can see into the heart. If it is His will that some folks has different ideas of honesty from other folks, it is not my place to question His decree. "I reckon
— William Faulkner
there's always somebody handy afterward to prove their foresight by your hindsight.
— William Faulkner
We must judge the tree by its fruit. The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offer. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, and bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have all been flown for religious ideals.
— William James