#condemn

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#been #condemn #drive #history #men

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

— Hans Selye

#condemnation #dread #much #thirst

Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich. ↗

— Ben Stein

#being #condemned #eu #glee #israel

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#case #cherished #condemns #each #justified

I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#i #i do #killing #message #murder

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today. ↗

— Malcolm X

#knowledge #tolerance #understanding #tolerance

If we hear, in our inner ear, a voice saying we are failures, we are losers, we will never amount to anything, this is the voice of Satan trying to convince the bride that the groom does not love her. This is not the voice of God. God woos us with kindness. He changes out of character with the passion of his love. ↗

— Donald Miller

#love-of-god #change

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#man #ready #recall #repeat #silence

At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices. ↗

— David Guterson

#amount #certain #condemned #confines #freedom

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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