Sin Quotes

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A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy,… — Mary Baker Eddy
Many without punishment, none without sin. — John Ray
Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great… — Richard M. Nixon
He who complains, sins. — Saint Francis de Sales
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow… — Malcolm Bradbury
The Communists offer one precious, fatal boon: they take away the sense of sin. — Murray Kempton
We must not be content to be cleansed from sin; we must be filled with the Spirit. — John Fletcher
I think that a good Left is a party that always thinks about the future and doesn't care much about our past sins. — Richard Rorty
What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit. — Charles Peguy
Retrospectively, I would agree with Luis Bunuel that sex without sin is like an egg without salt. — Carlos Fuentes
Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures… — Peter Abelard
In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward and punishment instrumental… — Israel Shenker
At first sin was as fragile as a spiders thread, and finally as stout as a ship's hawser; sin arrived as a passerby, next lingered… — Israel Shenker
Non-conformism is the major, perhaps the only, sin of our time. — Robert M. Lindner
No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the basis for the… — Barbara Tuchman
If you tell a lie to make a person better, then that is not a sin. — Sun Myung Moon
People tell me it's a sin, to know and feel too much within. — Bob Dylan
Teach them about anger, the sin that comes with dawning. Teach them about flowers, and the beauty of forgiveness. — Lou Reed
They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in, sing Amazing Grace all the way to the Swiss banks. — Bob Dylan
The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility. — Alfred Rosenberg

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