Original Sin Quotes

80 quotes by 72 authors

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word. — Willard Van Orman Quine
The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin. — John Fund
I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and… — Jock Sturges
All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of… — Charles Hodge
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man. — Alain-Rene Lesage
Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should… — Henri Matisse
Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female. — Barbara Tuchman
The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's. — Jose Bergamin
Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love. — Timothy Leary
On parochial school I was told I had an overabundance of original sin. — Susan Sarandon
The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin. — Sargent Shriver
A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Men have always been a prey to distractions, which arethe original sins of the mind; but never before today has an attempt been made to… — Aldous Huxley
Will you have the stamina and inspiration necessary to dream up bigger, better, more original sins and wilder, wetter, more interesting problems? Do you realize… — Rob Brezsny
The core of original sin, then is LOT - Lack of Trust. Or, it could be considered an innate inability to adequately value ourselves. Label… — Robert H. Schuller
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend towards… — Rod Dreher
The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin. — R C Sproul
Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer.... An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself… — C.S. Lewis
Original sin is the proclivity to say "my will be done" instead of "thy will be done." — Peter Kreeft

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