Condemnation Quotes

• We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

  Carl Jung

  Change, Acceptance, Thoughtful

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• Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance

  Albert Einstein

  Ignorance, Character, Height

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

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• There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  World Government, Nwo, Bankers

  "The New Freedom". Illustrated & Biography Added,

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• Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Fear, Men, Nwo

  "The New Freedom : A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People" by Woodrow Wilson, (p. 13), 1913.

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• There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

  Herbert Spencer

  Wisdom, Ignorance, Science

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• God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation.

  J. I. Packer

  Exercise, Love Is, Merit

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• If people will be censors, let them weigh their words. I mean that the words were unfair by that disproportionateness of the condemnation, which everybody with some conscience must feel to be one of the great difficulties in denouncing a particular person. Every unpleasant dog is only one of many, but we kick him because he comes in our way, and there is always some want of distributive justice in the kicking.

  George Eliot

  Dog, Mean, Justice

  George Eliot (1860). “Life and Letters”, p.590

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• Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be trampled, into the dust of condemnation, now and in the future.

  Richard P. Bland

  Party, Dust, Names

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• The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consciousness.

  Prem Prakash

  Reflection, Mind, World

  Prem Prakash (1998). “The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion: A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras”, p.103, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Mistake, Men, Wish

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1532.

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• How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!

  Michel de Montaigne

  Inspirational, Criminals, Crime

  Michel de Montaigne (1946). “The essays”

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• Condemnation before investigation is the highest form of ignorance.

  Albert Einstein

  Ignorance, Form, Investigation

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• It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.

  Archibald Alexander

  Im Sorry, Heart, Apology

  Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”

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• As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

  Hans Selye

  Fear, Self Esteem, Approval Of Others

  hans selye (1974). “stress without distress”

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• Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Simple, Effort, Social

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• Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.

  Ayn Rand

  Opposites, Two, Tolerance

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.135, Penguin

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• In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspaper should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

  Hugo Black

  New York, Father, Views

  "Supreme Court, 6-3, Upholds Newspapers on Publication of Pentagon Report". archive.nytimes.com. July 1, 1971.

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• Then, after I came home from Europe, I found I was under condemnation; and I was condemned at that time because I did not endorse the financial policy of the General Conference.

  John Harvey Kellogg

  Home, Europe, Financial

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• A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.

  John Foxe

  Use, Littles, Wealth

  John Foxe (2012). “Foxe's Book Of Martyrs”, p.89, Jazzybee Verlag

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• But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar

  Issues, Life And Death, God Life

  Hans Urs von Balthasar (1985). “A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen”, p.40, Ignatius Press

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• I wish that we had much more of the Spirit of Christ and a great deal less self, and less of human opinions. If we err, let it be on the side of mercy rather than on the side of condemnation and harsh dealing.

  Ellen G. White

  Self, Wish, Sides

  "Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce". Book by Ellen G. White, p. 242, 1989.

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• There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Life, Motivational, Wisdom

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• Verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." My friend, that is worth more than all the feeling you can have in a life-time.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Feelings, Everlasting, Life Time

  Dwight L Moody (1897). “God's Good News”, p.109, Moody Publishers

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• Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

  Stephen Bayley

  Design, Rich, Process

  Stephen Bayley (1991). “Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things”, Pantheon

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