I wanted simultaneously to understand Hanna's crime and to condemn it. But it was too terrible for that. When I tried to understand it, I had the feeling I was failing to condemn it as it must be condemned. When I condemned it as it must be condemned...
No, the people standing before Christ and Pilate during the judgment scene do not condemn an entire race for the death of Christ anymore than the actions of Mussolini condemn all Italians, or the heinous crimes of Stalin condemn all Russians.
Consolation, for the condemned, is to be one of many.
To forgive another person means you have first condemned them. When we condemn others we condemn ourselves.
Where there's a will to condemn there is also evidence.
To condemn by a cutting laugh comes easily to all.
We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.
It is better to be condemned by many doctors than by one judge.
Condemn a man within earshot; praise him at a distance.
If you spend your energy condemning and judging the people who mistreat you it puts you in a condemning and judging mindset, which subconsciously makes you feel condemned and judged too. The more judgmental you are, the worse your self-esteem will be...
Only with a leaf can I talk of the forest,
When will the death Of Death ever come? from "The Siege
Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones. (from "Gratitude")
But He Himself hath sealed your sufferings, and their thus saying condemns God, and His sealing condemns them.
Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.
The Church is in the world, it is part of the suffering in the world, and though Christ condemned the disciple who struck off the ear of the high priest's servant, our hearts go out in sympathy to all who are moved to violence by the suffering of oth...
Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.
He who is his own judge never finds a reason to condemn.
Let them shoot us in the head, My blood will grow roots and will blossom.
