Kallistos Ware Quotes

Christians should not be hostile, they should not hate, they should not judge, and they should not condemn. But they also must not shy away from real Truth and real Christianity. Just because so many have “itching ears” and “will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions” does not mean Christians should be willing to scratch that itch.

I think we too are the people who, on the one hand, want to listen to Jesus, but on the other hand, at times, like to find a stick to beat others with, to condemn others. And Jesus has this message for us: mercy. I think - and I say it with humility - that this is the Lord's most powerful message: mercy.

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.

Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.

I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around condemning people.

I don't judge. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

I love people. Jesus loves people.

The basis of Christianity is loving people and not judgment.

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

Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others.

We cannot condemn or judge or pass words that will hurt people. We don't know in what way God is appearing to that soul and what God is drawing that soul to; therefore, who are we to condemn anybody?

I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.

People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

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.'

I don't go down the road of condemning.

I am a Christian person, and I do love the Lord, and I feel no matter who you are, what you believe, how you live your life, it's not my place to judge. I don't have that power. I don't want that power. It's my place to love and to show God's love to other people, even if they don't live a life like I live.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

I try not to pass judgment on anyone, and I wish they wouldn't pass it on me.

The reason I love Jesus because he's a really good guy. He's completely opposed to running around and judging people.

Jesus didn't hold people accountable; He just held them close - because it works better.

A lot of times, people get Christianity and religion messed up, because your faith should be something personal in a relationship and it's not to judge others or say, 'Christianity is something you welcome others into.' It should be a place where people feel safe and welcomed... and not to feel judged or shamed.