Sin Quotes
4044 quotes by 1860 authors
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Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
— Simone Weil
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Self-deceit—It’s in the “Nine Satanic Statements†but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any of the sacred…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of…
— Khaled Hosseini
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And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.
— Terry Pratchett
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Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks.…
— William Shakespeare
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Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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There is only one sin god will not forgive Boss, and that is to deny a woman who is in wanting ~ Zorba
— Nikos Kazantzakis
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Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die.
— Philip Pullman
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God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it…
— John Ortberg
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Envy is a deadly sin!
— Alexandra Adornetto
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Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
— Harper Lee
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...my soul always reverts to the Old Testament and to Shakespeare. There at least one feels that it's human beings talking. There people hate, people…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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I dore not always touch her, lest the kiss Leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, Brief, bitter bliss, one hath for a…
— Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Jesus perfected his life and became our Christ. Priceless blood of a god was shed, and he became our Savior; his perfected life was given,…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps…
— Vladimir Nabokov
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We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great joy for all…
— Brian D. McLaren
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The Truth An Offense But Not A Sin
— Bob Marley
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The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover…
— Brennan Manning
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My days I devote to reading and experiments in chemistry, and I spend many of the clear nights in the study of astronomy. There is,…
— H.G. Wells
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Are your eyelashes like your hair?†“Yes. They’re very beautiful—want to see?†Her lips twitched. “Vanity is a sin,Bluebell.†“When you have it, flaunt it,…
— Nalini Singh
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