“Not doing anything is doing something and choosing to look away is a passive but no less mortal sin.” — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The soul cannot be humbled by fasts and prayer; it must be broken by mortal sin to experience forgiveness of sin and… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“The Church has always regarded the admin istration of a Sacrament in the state of mortal sin as a sacrilege, and insists… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Saint Teresa, as the Roman Rota attests, never fell into any mortal sin; but still Our Lord showed her the place prepared… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
The state of grace is nothing other than purity, and it gives heaven to those who clothe themselves in it. Holiness, therefore,… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“She wonders when it was that she began to despair. All these years she mistook it for pious resignation. Now she sees… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Man is mortal. This is his fate. Man pretends not to be mortal. That is his sin. Man is a creature of… — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in… — Johannes Tauler Copy Share Image
We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
A multitude of souls fall into the depths of Hell, and it is of the faith that all who die in mortal… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation. — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He turned to appease the fierce longings of his heart before which everything else was idle and alien. He cared little that… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which… — George Sand Copy Share Image
An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom,… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him;… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
It was the consideration of the multitude of souls which fall into the depths of Hell, because it is of faith that… — Anthony Mary Claret Copy Share Image
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