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Sin Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin…
- The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be…
- We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing…
- The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have…
- Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
- No man treats a motorcar as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying…
- St. Paul introduced an entirely novel view of marriage, that it existed primarily to prevent the sin of fornication. It is just as if one…
- Religion prevents our children from having a rational education; religion prevents us from removing the fundamental causes of war; religion prevents us from teaching the…
- The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics.
- When a man acts in ways that annoy us we wish to think him wicked, and we refuse to face the fact that his annoying…
- Sin is geographical.
- No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its…
- Sex outside marriage is sin; sex within marriage is not sin.
More Sin Quotes
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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