#judgement

What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible? ↗

— Richard Matheson

#dreams

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#childhood #dreams #ethan-hawke #follow-your-dreams #growing-up

Do you Believe? Do you Fade like a Dream? Let me hear you BREATHE Let me watch as you sleep The Sparrow's Eyes... Promises shift into judgments I cannot deny that you were designed for my punishments ↗

— Slipknot

#sleep #slipknot #design

A snake bites your ankle. Recoiling, you scream. Fearing poison, your mind slips into a dream... ...where a man bites your ankle. Expecting no guile, "Again," softly falls from your lips with a smile. Yet, the man and the snake are the same. Your perception is only to blame. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#judgement #perception #poetry #richelle #richelle-goodrich

When you're too religious, you tend to point your finger to judge instead of extending your hand to help. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#help #judgement #religious #experience

Now the valley cried with anger, "Mount your horses draw your sword." And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward. Now they stood beside the treasure, on the mountain dark and red. Turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on earth" was all it said. Go ahead and hate your neighbor,go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgment day. On the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away. ↗

— Dennis Lambert

#justification #peace #peace-on-earth #war #anger

He has a passport," my classmates would whisper. "Quick, let's run before he judges us! ↗

— David Sedaris

#judgement #travel #humor

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day. ↗

— Albert Camus

#life #religion #life

We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#because #enables #enjoyable #extent #history

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#conception #fact #in fact #judgement #kind