Sin Quotes
4044 quotes by 1784 authors
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Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .
— Thomas Aquinas
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I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.
— Thomas Aquinas
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Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
— Thomas Aquinas
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And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life…
— Thomas Aquinas
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One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to…
— Ignatius Loyola
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Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin
— Thomas Aquinas
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The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the penalty is national…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian Church has a…
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.
— Harold B. Lee
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The time has been in Israel under the law of God, the celestial law, or that which pertains to the celestial law, for it is…
— Brigham Young
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Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified, and they would…
— Brigham Young
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If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never…
— Brigham Young
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Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.
— William Osler
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In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is required a daily…
— Harold B. Lee
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Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.
— John Bosco
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
— Saint Francis de Sales
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. . . the sin of abortion, or the destruction of unborn children - lies somewhere a close kin to the crime of destroying human…
— Harold B. Lee
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