thereby, only God (at least so far) can judge men...
1984 by Orwell!
there will be many whose outward actions are a model of rectitude, whose inward thoughts stand condemned before God.
None can stand therefore, this “kills all pride and forces us to Jesus Christ who alone can enable us to rise...”
Lewis on disappointment
Screwtape to Wormwood: Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part, be turned into a sense of injury...