The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being. — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
War for the sake of war is sin, but war for the sake of defense is duty. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
'Wages Of Sin' was the first metal album I ever bought, and it was love at first listen. — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man. — John Donne Copy Share Image
On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins. — King James I Copy Share Image
Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin. — Eason Jordan Copy Share Image
The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building. — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Christianity is the only faith whose founder died for His followers in order to enable them to escape the consequences of their… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Ah, yes. That. The sin of being happy or excited. According to my father, we must guard carefully against such things. According… — Catherine Ryan Hyde Copy Share Image
... the prevalent custom of educating young women only for marriage, and not for the duties and responsibilities consequent on marriage--only for… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
“We all colour devotion according to our own likings and dispositions. One man sets great value on fasting, and believes himself to… — Francis de Sales 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
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
God will forgive you if you ask him to. Though your sins be numerous as the grains of sand on the shore,… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
“The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.” — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
“What matter most is not the sin. The moment of repentance: go and sin no more.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“It gives a fella relief to tell, but it jus' spreads out his sin.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before. — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing. — Jenny Joseph Copy Share Image
Bad men hate sin through fear of punishment; good men hate sin through their love of virtue. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
