Self-deceit—It’s in the “Nine Satanic Statements” but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary to sin, that I needed lust, that I had to strive… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
If any has stumbled in his journey, there is a way back. The process is called repentance. Our Savior died to provide… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“The real difference in the believer who follows Christ and has mortified his will and died after the old man in Christ,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I have known good and evil, sin and virtue, right and wrong; I have judged and been judged; I have passed through… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Thou mayest rule over sin,' Lee. That's it. I do not believe all men are destroyed. I can name you a dozen… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“So who is she? No wait, let me guess. Skin of the finest porcelain. Hair of the softest silk. A voice like… — Alethea Kontis Copy Share Image
How would that premise stand up if he examined it? That was probably why the Communists were always cracking down on Bohemiansism.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness. Those who trust in their own righteousness… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
The gospel is the good news that the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of the never-boring, ever-satisfying Christ is ours freely and eternally… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If the aim is to keep "Christ" in the shopping-mall Christmas or to ensure that pagan trees and mistletoe don't lose their… — Charles Haynes Copy Share Image
Wrath, unlike love, is not one of the intrinsic perfections of God. Rather, it is a function of God's holiness against sin.… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
What has the Cross left in each of us? You see, it gives us a treasure that no one else can give:… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are altogether free of… — William J Federer Copy Share Image
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Look, therefore, which way we will, whether at the direct Scriptural statements of death as the penalty of sin, or at the… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
Her lips touched his brain as they touched his lips, as though they were a vehicle of some vague speech and between… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The gospel costs nothing. We cannot buy it or earn it. It can only be received as a free gift, compliments of… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
We believe that the very beginning and end of salvation, and the sum of Christianity, consists of faith in Christ, who by… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There is no sin worse in life than being boring--and nothing worse than letting other people tell you what to do. I… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
Faith and repentance are the same; they are not two separate decisions. One cannot trust Christ as Savior without repenting or changing… — Curtis Hutson Copy Share Image
There's a part of you - the born-again part, your spirit - that's dead to sin. That's why it bothers you now… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“W. S. Plumer said, “We never see sin aright until we see it as against God...All sin is against God in this… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
In the face of nature's overwhelming forces, humans needed a God who would protect them from harm. When they felt that they… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin. We think him more a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the simplest things - such as thinking for myself, creating my own reality and being whatever the hell I want to… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
The concept of 'purgatory' is in Catholic Church dogma, and most black people are not Catholic - mostly their Christian realities focus… — Harry Lennix 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
It is enough to make anybody's blood bile in thier vains to think how different sin is looked upon in a man… — Marietta Holley Copy Share Image
The biggest cardinal sin is not being in the moment, whether in life or on-screen. You owe it to your fellow actor… — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description.… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
A week filled up with selfishness, and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious exercises, will make a good Pharisee, but a poor… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Through dance, people meet demons, ward off death, shake off sin and evil, come to terms with life crises, mediate paradoxes, resolve… — Judith Lynne Hanna Copy Share Image
In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image