There is good and bad in all of us and the Church uses the idea of original sin to control us by… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
If envy was not such a tearing thing to feel it would be the most comic of sins. It is usually, if… — Monica Furlong Copy Share Image
I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No amount of money given in charity, nothing but the abandonment of this hateful trade, can atone for this great sin against… — Hermann Adler Copy Share Image
If the Savior has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Every time we sin, it causes chaos in our lives; maybe not at that very moment, but eventually it always catches up” — Robin Bertram Copy Share Image
This can come as a shock to those Christians who are so used to hearing that Jesus is the solution to sin… — Doug Pagitt Copy Share Image
Let's be honest, the cards' on the table: Jealousy's a sin, Cain killed Abel. Backstabber...Caesar had Brutus. It's hard to weed 'em… — Pusha T 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
I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The sin of worldliness is a preoccupation with the things of this temporal life. It's accepting and going along with the views… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The Satanic Jews and their Allies fear being exposed and that is the role of the Messiah, to reveal the Man of… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Little faults become great, and even monstrous in our eyes, in proportion as the pure light of God increases in us; just… — François Fénelon Copy Share Image
Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
All the tears of a penitent sinner, should he shed as many as there have been fallen drops of rain since the… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do;… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. — John Owen Copy Share Image
It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“There's a very simple reason why quality relationships are scarce: we live in a fallen world, and it sucks.” — Susan E. Isaacs Copy Share Image
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A Christian home! What a power it is to the child when he is far away in the cold, tempting world, and… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you! Don't… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
There is a what-the-hell moment in life when you feel you have been pre-punished for every sin you'll ever commit. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Nothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God,… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Anyone who feels that homosexuality is not only a sin but also a disease or a mental issue should take a look… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
God lets us continue to feel much of sin's sting through suffering while we're heading for heaven. This constantly reminds us of… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Baptist Church, and going to church with my father; I remember being 8 years old, trying to… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Intellectuals ... regard over-simplification as the original sin of the mind and have no use for the slogans, the unqualified assertions and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema,… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
The un-happiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination - continually criticizing himself… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
In the Quran it is said that from the tears shed by this great angel [Michael] over the sins of the faithful,… — Malcolm Godwin Copy Share Image
Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image