Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Jesus condemned no one except hypocrites.

I have yet to find any support in the Bible for an attitude of smugness: Ah, they deserve their punishment; watch them squirm.

if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation

Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into the temptation in which they abide... Do not be angry at anyone and do not hate anyone, neither for their faith, nor for their shameful deeds... Do not foster hatred for the sinner, for we are all guilty... Hate his sins, and pray for him, so that you may be made like unto Christ, who had no dislike for sinners, but prayed for them.

Theology reminded me that, however diabolical the act, it did not turn the perpetrator into a demon. We had to distinguish between the deed and the perpetrator, between the sinner and the sin, to hate and condemn the sin while being filled with compassion for the sinner.

Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance.

I choose to suppress the initial categories I want to put people in - rich, poor, together, not together, druggie, yuppie, rocker, loser, winner, cool, uncool. I choose to remember that I don't know their struggle or their pain. I choose to err on the side of grace because someday I'll stand before God, and I pray He'll err on the side of grace with me.

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be careful that our impatience is not interpreted as condemnation or rejection.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.

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.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.

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

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

He who hates vice hates men.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

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.'

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

Mel Gibson doesn't need your judgment, he needs your prayers.