No argument for abortion survives scientific, philosophical, or theological scrutiny.
We're a very judgmental society.
Whether you like it or not, when you claim to be a Christian, the world takes note.
I'm a preacher's kid, and we were always told, Act right all the time, because someone's always watching.
An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly.
The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself.
Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.
God's standard of judgment goes down to the intents of the heart.
Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem — for purely religious purposes, of course — to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.
I still use a lot of good values from growing up in the Church, and there was a sense of community. But you were also being heavily judged by people that wanted to look down on you for not being as great as they are.
It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence.
No degree of antiquity can give sanction to a usage bad in itself.
One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith.
You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?
Jesus said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.' Let's stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the most godly because, in reality, only God knows people's hearts. You and I don't, and we are all sinners.
Few books today are forgivable.
The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.
Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.
You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.
If God is watching us, we might as well be interesting.
Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.
That which may have sounded like righteous teaching when it was remote and wordy, will be challenged afresh when it is obliged to simulate life itself.
Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent.
God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others.
