If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Only someone willing to endure extreme personal suffering should judge others harshly.
- In plain terms
- Judge others only if you suffer more.
- What can you take from it?
- Judgment requires empathy and sacrifice.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes judgment fair?
- When should we withhold blame?
Another view
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