No one, I insist, will be found who can claim they're completely innocent. When people call themselves innocent, they're looking for others to back them up rather than honestly examining their own conscience. How much kinder it is to treat people who make mistakes with gentleness and a fatherly spirit. Guide them back to the right path instead of hunting them down like criminals. When someone is wandering through our fields because they've lost their way, it's better to show them the right path than to chase them off.
No one, I affirm, will be found who can acquit himself. Every one when he calls himself innocent looks rather to external witnesses than to his own conscience. How much more philanthropic it is to deal with the erring in a gentle and fatherly spirit, and to call them into the right course instead of hunting them down? When a man is wandering about our fields because he has lost his way, it is better to place him on the right path than to drive him away.