Faith Quote by Hannah Kent

“Clergymen, judges, statesmen--the wisest, calmest, holiest persons of their day--stood in the inner circle round about the gallows, loudest to applaud the work of…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Ah. My story. Are you certain you wish to hear it? It is long, unlikely, and remarkably unedifying -- shameful, even, to come from…

— Peter S. Beagle

“The judge speaks in the name of justice; the priest speaks in the name of pity, which is nothing but a more lofty justice.”

— Victor Hugo

“A chain of whispers finds it way to the presiding judge who listens stoically.”

— Adrian Bliss

“The priest must preach the pure words of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“...it is infinitely better that the profane and loose be unmasked than to be muffled up under the veil and hood of traditional hypocrisy,…

— Roger Williams

“You need the Spirit of the Lord to come mightily upon you. When He is in charge, your troubles are in trouble.”

— Theophilus Ajadi

“When I look into your face, O Law, my spirit shudders. When I hear your thunders, my heart is melted like wax in the…

— Anonymous

“After all, we are not responsible. We are not judges. We are not called upon to torture our fellows with thumb-screws and irons; we…

— Virginia Woolf

“Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged…

— Traci Lea LaRussa

“He understood what the priest could not. That what we seek is the worthy adversary. For we strike out to fall flailing through demons…

— Cormac McCarthy

“We are glad you have been ordained as the first priest of your people. Now you can help us with their problem.' Tagoona asked,…

— Margaret Craven