It is a mischievous notion that we are come late into nature; that the world was finished a long time ago. As… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I believe in a higher power. I've seen and been around people who are very extreme with their faith and pointing fingers… — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it,… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Life in this fallen world is to a great degree meaningless, our aspirations are constantly being frustrated, and sometimes the respectable people… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
All sin has its being and origin in the fact that man wants to be his own judge. And in wanting to… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
By accepting a suspicion against the neighbor, by saying, 'What does it matter if I put in a word about my suspicion?… — Dorotheus of Gaza 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
If I'm in Rome for only 48 hours, I would consider it a sin against God to not eat cacio e pepe,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When I run over the frightful catalogue of my sins, I cannot believe that I am the same creature whose thoughts were… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
The Inmost is one with the Inmost; yet the form of the One is not the form of the other; intimacy exacts… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Through Christ's satisfaction for sin, the very nature of afflictions changed with regard to believers. As death, which was, at first, the… — Tobias Crisp Copy Share Image
Gospel preachers nowadays preach the gospel of the Crucifixion, the Apostles preached the gospel of the Resurrection as well. The Crucifixion loses… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
Many will be affected with some gross sins of theirs against the law, who never see the venom of their unbelief of… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
We must dress according to the dictates of fashion, make love whether we feel like it or not, kill in the name… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
For worship is, essentially, the reverse of sin. Sin began (and begins) when we succumb to the temptation, "You shall be as… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
That sounds so weird: "kill yourself." It makes it sound like you tried to murder someone, only that someone is you. But… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
By faith ponder on this, that though thou art no way able in or by thyself to get the conquest over thy… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Everybody, whether or not he puts the question vocally, wants to know whether life has any meaning, what his relation is to… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
We have to find a way to try and reconcile our beliefs - and Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has traditionally seen… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Suddenly you're at church and you hear someone pray, "For gays and lesbians, that they might realize their [sins]…" That's happening less… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Some psychological and sociological conditioning occurs in every man's life and this affects the decisions he makes. But we must resist the… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs that gratified the pride… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
“Matthew sighed as he set the bottle on the mantel. “You know what they say,” he said, as he and James left… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
All good things require effort. That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being, your intellectual power, and your… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The only really good vegetable is Tabasco sauce. Put Tabasco sauce in everything. Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A person who sins neither in thought nor deed, and is fair and just, gains enormous courage and strength. As a leader,… — Konosuke Matsushita Copy Share Image
Many are convinced, who are not truly enlightened; are afraid of the consequences of sin, though they never saw its evil; have… — John Newton Copy Share Image
In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to… — Carl Icahn Copy Share Image
“What's all this about sin, eh?' 'That,' I said, very sick. 'Using Ludwig van like that. He did no harm to anyone.… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
If you see your neighbor in sin, don't look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Animals used to provide a lowlife way to kill and get away with it, as they do still, but, more intriguingly, for… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
Christianity has from its beginning portrayed itself as a gospel of peace, a way of reconciliation (with God, with other creatures), and… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
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