Following Jesus means taking up one's own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin. — Thomas Huxley 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
Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Allah wanted the people who have made sins to turn from their sins and make up for them in order to be… — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
I find that many men and women are troubled by the thought that they are too small and inconsequential in the scheme… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in… — Divine Copy Share Image
Most of our suffering comes from sin and stupidity; it is, nevertheless, very real, and growth can occur with real repentance. But… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Sex is front-page copy everywhere. [But] nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms. — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness and to keep it fresh in his mind… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The good man's past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity. — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Every man has a paradise around him till he sins, and the angel of an accusing conscience drives him from his Eden. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image