Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission. — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As heat is opposed to cold, and light to darkness, so grace is opposed to sin. Fire and water may as well… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible to be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
It doesn't dawn on this depraved bourgeois world that this is positively a sin against all reason; that it is criminal lunacy… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Sometimes differences arise partly from incomplete information. We are finite. And we should admit that there are cases of uncertainty. But often… — Vern Poythress Copy Share Image
Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Father Brown got to his feet, putting his hands behind him. 'Odd, isn't it,' he said, 'that a thief and a vagabond… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will offer individual believers and communities a fitting opportunity to reaffirm… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Ingratitude is surely the chief of the intellectual sins of man. He takes his political benefits for granted, just as he takes… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The best thing that could ever happen to any one of us is that all our sins would be broadcast on the… — Derek Webb Copy Share Image
Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
The original sin of Brexit - the lies, contradictions, half-truths and omissions on which it was built - have come back to… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve.… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I know my positions hurt him. In his political future it hurts him. I worry that my son will have to pay… — Ruben Diaz Sr Copy Share Image
There's nobody who doesn't have problems with the church, because there's sin in the church. But there's no other place to be… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Sin and accountability aren't popular messages. Yet being trendy and well liked is not the point. We're here to carry out the… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
When we sin, Satan tells us we are lost. In contrast, our Redeemer offers redemption to all—no matter what we have done… — C. Scott Grow Copy Share Image
We have such a law: If you forgive, it means that God has forgiven you; but if you do not forgive your… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all -… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is no alternative. If you do not… — Charles Spurgeon 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
I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
It is near thirty years since He made it sure; and since that time, though there has fallen out much sin, yet… — Donald Cargill Copy Share Image
Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once. — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
O woman! woman! thou shouldest have few sins of thine own to answer for! Thou art the author of such a book… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
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