Correction Quotes

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Self-correction makes me check the ruler of my life against the yardstick of my inner voice. I acknowledge when I don’t measure up. Self-correction is an ongoing process. If done often enough, I can stop myself from straying off the path.

I love you enough to tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not, but what you do afterward is your choice alone.

Communication is not a two way street. It is a bridge. Either you have one or you build one. It's about connecting, not correcting.

I’ve made many mistakes, but I’ve learned from them.

The beauty of being alive is that each day you are given another chance to correct what you did wrong and improve on what you can do right.

Today we have to learn all over again that love for the sinner and love for the person who has been harmed are correctly balanced if I punish the sinner in the form that is possible and appropriate. In this respect there was in the past a change of mentality, in which the law and the need for punishment were obscured. Ultimately this also narrowed the concept of law, which in fact is not only just being nice or courteous, but is found in the truth. And another component of the truth is that I must punish the one who has sinned against real love

I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.