“If we know our original blessing, we can easily handle our original sin. If we rest in a previous dignity, we can… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
To my fancy, one looks back on life, it has only two responsibilities, which include all the others: one is the bringing… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“Of course men can’t know you when you’re unclean,’ said Hilda. ‘It says so in the Bible. That’s why it’s called the… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Every father is given the opportunity to corrupt his daughter's nature, and the educator, husband, or psychiatrist then has to face the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin,… — Ammon Hennacy 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
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
“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
“We have therefore to inquire what there is about Machiavelli to impress the mind of Europe so prodigiously and so curiously, and… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of… — William Temple Copy Share Image
“In my country, politics is tragic, and all our great politicians have been tragic figures, either saints or demons. You, clearly, are… — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
“By definition, a human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“A broader danger of unverifiable beliefs is the temptation to defend them by violent means. People become wedded to their beliefs, because… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Willful ignorance is an insult to the collective of human intelligence. Considering the vast amount of knowledge that is easily available, it… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
“There was no more reasonable sequitur between “provocation” and “reaction” in the case of the French Revolution than in the case of… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
“In the Orwellian dystopia the original sin was thoughtcrime, but in our new corporate dystopia the secret inner crime is need, particularly… — Matt Taibbi 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
“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
Our young people are diseased with the theological problems of original sin, origin of evil, predestination, and the like. These never presented… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays… — Pope John Paul II 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
It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin.… — William A. Henry III 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
“[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
“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
“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
“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
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
“I really think I'd like to be a minister's wife when I grow up, Marilla. A minister mightn't mind my red hair… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
All errors are just ordinary, what extraordinary sin can you commit? All the sins have been committed already. You cannot find a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
“This parlor, said the Interpreter, is the heart of a man who was never sanctified by the sweet grace of the gospel.… — Max McLean Copy Share Image
“One of the effects of original sin is an instinctive prejudice in favour of our own selfish desires. We see things as… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“But what, then, is original sin? According to the Apostle it is not only the lack of a good quality in the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
![“A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility of the pope, or obedience to any church official if it is against my conscience. I am not interested in earning "merit" or in…” quote by Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/ammon-hennacy-33177_anarchist_a-christian-anarchist-has-no-business-be_2906303.png)
![“[M]an cannot be wicked without being evil, nor evil without being degraded, nor degraded without being punished, nor punished without being guilty. In short … there is nothing so intrinsically plausible as the theory of original sin.” quote by Joseph de Maistre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/joseph-de-maistre-11359_evil_m-an-cannot-be-wicked-without-being-evil_958862.jpg)
