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Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's
judgment.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one read more
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry,
Safe in the inner fold;
And maybe they hear, and read more
Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry,
Safe in the inner fold;
And maybe they hear, and wonder why,
And marvel, out in the cold.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.
Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.
Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
For every event is a judgment of God.
[Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.]
For every event is a judgment of God.
[Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.]
Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be
right, your reasons are sure to be wrong.
Give your decisions, never your reasons; your decisions may be
right, your reasons are sure to be wrong.
People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.
People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.