Sin Quotes
4044 quotes by 1860 authors
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Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice…
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love.…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age of the Church…
— Thomas Merton
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the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that between Christ and…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him…
— Jan Karon
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Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Sometimes I think that the amount of time you live on earth is just an inverse reflection of how good you were in a previous…
— Chuck Klosterman
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The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.
— Terry Pratchett
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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most…
— John Bunyan
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If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him for…
— Diana Gabaldon
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And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and…
— Sigrid Undset
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What an unbearable creature he must have been in those days--and yet in those days he had been comparatively innocent. That was another mystery: it…
— Graham Greene
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
— Leo Tolstoy
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He looked good, like sin in a suit.
— Melissa Marr
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In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
— A. J. Jacobs
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Zane brought her hand to his chest, over his heart and she felt the strong rapid beat through his shirt. “Feel that?†His throat worked…
— Cheyenne McCray
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The only sin in the world is ignorance.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had wanted to be…
— Melina Marchetta
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I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this…
— Clarice Lispector
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