Isaac of Nineveh Quotes

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.

Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.

Christians are supposed to be the most forgiving people on the face of the Earth.

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Who am I to pass judgment? Judgment has been passed on me, but I adhere to, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time.

Nothing enables us to forgive like knowing in our hearts that we have been forgiven.

The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

I don’t hate anyone including my enemies.

I believe in forgiveness.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

You don't have to be a believer in Jesus Christ to be a gracious individual and understand that everybody messes up and that most are looking for a second chance.

I don't hate anyone. I just see the evil some pretend doesn't exist.

Tolerance as practiced by the Christian, enlightened West was never about thinking that bad people are good but that we are all called to love the sinner and hate the sin.