Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
An original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Blood sin and desecration of the race are the original sin in this world and the end of a humanity which surrenders… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“There may come a time when you will wish you had never tasted the fruit from the tree of knowledge. There may… — Louise Hawes Copy Share Image
Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or… — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The church latched on to that old doctrine of original sin like a dog to a stick, and before you knew it,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Each person is responsible only for his or her own sins. Even the Christian doctrine of 'original sin' does not mean that… — David Novak Copy Share Image
“[M]an cannot be wicked without being evil, nor evil without being degraded, nor degraded without being punished, nor punished without being guilty.… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“In a garden long ago, the two majestic beings God had created used their capacities for purposes other than reflecting the goodness… — Jeremy Pierre Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of Original sin, which is contained in the story of Genesis – one of the most beautiful concentrated metaphors in… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The most devastating thing though that biology did to Christianity was the discovery of biological evolution. Now that we know that Adam… — Frank Zindler Copy Share Image
“A primary purpose of Judeo-Christianity has not been to move us toward a community where the teachings of someone like Jesus -… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“According to Scripture, it was not man's flesh that fell into sin, but the whole man. The doctrine of total depravity means… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“The major premises of Christian religions are (1) the idea of Original Sin and (2) the belief in salvation through faith. Deists… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
“ Robert Ingersoll 's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none… — Charles Spalding Thomas Copy Share Image
The guy [Doctor Strange], he's like most of us, he's uncorrupted flesh from the beginning of his life, he's somebody who's not… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“In this book I would like to describe how this message of falling down and moving up is, in fact, the most… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The study of history can be sobering and shocking, and morally troubling. One does not have to believe in original sin to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Only a shallow mind would be puzzled by the fact that Original Sin appears to be distributed so much more noticeably among… — William Donaldson Copy Share Image
Also when it is a case of only upholding some spiritual tenet, such as infant baptism, original sin, and unnecessary separation, then… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“original sin was not the apple that Eve ate, it was her belief that Adam needed to share precisely the thing she… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“Human nature, gentleman. It is original sin that leads men to misfortune, every time. I am a speculator in the market, gentlemen,… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“The idea of original sin--of guilt with no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives--inherently militates against self-esteem. The very… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
It's a shameful piece of history and I think - I don't mean to be political or sobering or anything - but… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Solitude means withdrawal from an artificial and fictional level of being which men, divided by original sin, have fabricated in order to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices,… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
“As some theologians have commented, if we’re convinced that the starting point for our individual lives, or for the human project in… — Paul F. Knitter Copy Share Image
“Fear is the original sin,” suddenly said a still, small voice away back—back—back of Valancy’s consciousness. “Almost all the evil in the… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
I think I have quite traditional views on original sin, grace, and the real but difficult nature of we humans being able… — James Alison Copy Share Image
“As good heirs of the Bible, we think that a great misfortune necessarily follows a great infraction. In this respect the intellectual… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
“But if Noah was perfect (as the Bible claims he was in Gen. 6:9), then he wouldn’t have been tainted with the… — Steve McRoberts Copy Share Image
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