The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“If one of you has seriously sinned, repent—now. It is not good to violate the commandments of the Lord. It is worse… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God?… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“Interesting, Miles thought. Like himself, Father Mark, as a child, had been reassured by the imagined proximity of God, whereas adults, perhaps… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Even his highly emotional Italian mother didn't believe that true love could blossom overnight. Like his brothers and sisters-in-law, she wanted nothing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax… — Judah Smith Copy Share Image
“Another part or piece,' said Diabolus, 'of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I like a tranquil, even-keeled, self-controlled God. A God who doesn't fly off the handle at the least provocation. A God who… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Every time someone reaches out to you, even if it's to point out your sin and they seem to be judging you,… — J.E.B. Spredemann Copy Share Image
[R]eductionism' is one of those things, like sin, that is only mentioned by people who are against it. To call oneself a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions...… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence was only partially applied for women and for certain immigrants such as the Chinese. And it wasn't applied… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I pray for forgiveness as my thoughts have no limits and my actions have no mercy. People piss me off that's why… — Justin Lee Riner Copy Share Image
It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Black for hunting through the night For death and mourning the color's white Gold for a bride in her wedding gown And… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Motherhood, to be sure, receives a great deal of sentimental adulation, but only if it is committed in accordance with rules which… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Asceticism, it is evident, has a double motivation. If men and women torment their bodies, it is not only because they hope… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
When I started going to church, my first memories are of the minister getting up and accusing us of being full of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own… — Bridget of Sweden Copy Share Image
Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
“I never cut my neighbor's throat; My neighbor's gold I never stole; I never spoiled his house and land; But God have… — Marguerite Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Our whole world is entrenched in sin. There in the quiet of our hearts a woman is calling us, each one of… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
Classical theology defines sin as 'rebellion against God.' The answer is not incorrect as much as it is shallow and insulting to… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
Has it occurred to you that transmigration is at once an explanation and a justification of the evil of the world? If… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It was in His parting sorrow--that Jesus asked His disciples to remember Him; and never was entreaty of affection answered so; for… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our souls, shamewounded by our sins, cling to us yet more, a woman to her lover clinging, the more the more. She… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“They say let he who is without sin cast the first stone. And to be without sin requires absolute forgiveness. But when… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
But in this world of morally-warped phenomena there are rare and happy exceptions of truly great magnitude, which always pay dearly for… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…just the certainty… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
We've got to remember that the core of Christ's plan is to rescue us from sin. Our pain, poverty, and broken hearts… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
![“[R]eductionism' is one of those things, like sin, that is only mentioned by people who are against it. To call oneself a reductionist will sound, in some circles, a bit like admitting to eating babies. But, just as nobody actually eats babies, so nobody is really a reductionist in any sense worth…” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/530/richard-dawkins-115_admitting_r-eductionism-is-one-of-those-things-lik_2689016.jpg)
