...the essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. — Doris Day Copy Share Image
The great sin of the average Christian is ignorance of the word of God. — J. Vernon McGee Copy Share Image
Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Dhambi ikizidi katika taifa, Mungu ataliangamiza. Taifa likitenda haki, Mungu ataliinua.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
He who atones for sins never calculates; he pours out the whole essence of his contrite heart. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . .… — Hyrum W. Smith Copy Share Image
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity.… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Sanctification makes us holy and destroys the breed of sin, the love of sin and carnality. It makes us pure and whiter… — William J. Seymour Copy Share Image
The depressed don't simply need to feel better. They need a Redeemer who says, "Take heart, my son, my daughter; what you… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Are we willing to risk being misunderstood and maligned in order that truth might be told and men might be saved? Identifying… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
“Usiingilie mambo ya mtu mwingine bila kibali kutoka kwa Mungu. Kuingilia mambo ya mtu mwingine bila kibali kutoka kwa Mungu ni dhambi.… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about. [...] You've always got… — Nas Copy Share Image
There is One God and One Mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ (cf. I Tim. 2:5). For He still… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
..and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; that death took root at the moment of birth and… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
The cross shows us the seriousness of our sin-but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death. — Mark Hart Copy Share Image
“For lack of knowledge of the Holy One, we perish in sin of hell.” — Lailah Gifty, Akita Copy Share Image
The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin. Wanting a man who was sin itself. — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
Well, by accepting that sex is a physical manifestation of God, and that is not a sin-it is a blessing. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Until we acknowledge our sin and guilt, we will never come to discover that it can be forgiven. — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate. — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance" — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image