Sin Quotes

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Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He… — Karen Armstrong
The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without… — Mary Astell
All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. — Saint Augustine
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits. — Teresa of Avila
It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin.… — Teresa of Avila
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As… — Teresa of Avila
While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed… — Teresa of Avila
As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic. — Michelle Bachelet
It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin. — Abu Bakr
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made… — Alan Ball
The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist… — William Barclay
Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. — Isaac Barrow
In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the… — Saint Basil
I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession… — Jean Baudrillard
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. — Henry Ward Beecher
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. — Hilaire Belloc

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