“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
Leaders are for calling people to their better angels, for helping guide them to a kind of sterner, more mature sense of… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wasn't going to keep nothing of Egypt on me, an'… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Immediately upon the fall, the mind of man shrank from its primitive greatness and expandedness, to an exceeding smallness and contractedness... Before,… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for His return. Backward they looked to the cross and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The central dogma of the New Testament is that Jesus died as a scapegoat for the sin of Adam and the sins… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The assurance of His total forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ means we don't have to play defensive games… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“Expiating a sin does not mean doing something opposite to wallow in guilt, but to use that same guilt to achieve full… — Massimo Marino Copy Share Image
Consider, it is impossible that your idol sins and you can go to heaven together; and that those who will not part… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
This looking and not seeing things was a great sin, I thought, and one that was easy to fall into. It was… — Ernest Hemingway 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
In the nineteenth century one had to give all sorts of guarantees and lead an exemplary life in order to cleanse oneself… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change men’s lives. As he said to the dead… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Surely Scripture is right when it makes the sin of sins that unbelief, which is at bottom nothing else than a refusal… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
“One gives way to the temptation, only to rise from it again, afterwards, with a great eagerness to reestablish one's dignity, as… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
All the simplicity in the world can do no good, unless you preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ so fully and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Don't accommodate any degree of temptation. Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction. So, turn it off! Look… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“Intentionally or involuntarily, your earthly and spiritual fathers will lead you the perfect Father. You might not recognize it, but even when… — Carlos A. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“The wrath of God is never an evil wrath. God gets angry because he loves people like a mother would love her… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
She wondered how people would remember her. She had not made enough to spread her wealth around like Carnegie, to erase any… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Religion urges us to fight evil as contrary to the Divine Law. It urges us to combat abject misery, sin and disease… — Lily Montagu Copy Share Image
Through the death of Christ on the cross making atonement for sin, we get a perfect standing before God. That is justification,… — A. C. Dixon Copy Share Image
Others drink for sterility and commit murder on the human not yet sown. Some when they sense that they have conceived by… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
The doctrine of foods is of great ethical and political significance. Food becomes blood, blood becomes heart and brain, thoughts and mind… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
Man in his raw, natural state as he comes from the womb is morally and spiritually corrupt in disposition and character. Every… — Robert L. Reymond Copy Share Image
I am very lustful. I am in this fortunate or unfortunate position being bisexual in that I have twice as many people… — Brian Molko Copy Share Image
And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was raised to be modest to the point of fanaticism. In my family, we don't talk about ourselves to each other.… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Every business tries to turn this year's success into next year's greater success. It's hard for me to see why Microsoft is… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as… — Kersey Graves Copy Share Image
Perpetually is the servant either the recipient of a blessing from Allaah, in which case he is need of gratitude; or he… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
Always remember, my good friends, that there is one sin we must never commit and it is to humiliate another person or… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If we could make up our minds to spare our friends all details of ill health, of money losses, of domestic annoyances,… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
![“A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you can never be 'humble enough,' and so they seek to make themselves less known and Christ more known [Matthew 5:16].” quote by Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/francis-chan-548_battle_a-person-who-is-obsessed-with-jesus-know_1202635.png)
![“The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is a really stupid sin because it’s the only one you could never possibly have any fun at. There’s a lot of pain and no fun. Why would you want to get on that trolley?” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/charlie-munger-458_caring_the-idea-of-caring-is-that-someone-is-ma_2899839.jpg)
