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Sin Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He disabled death itself.…
- We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a…
- Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules.
- Every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us...
- We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all sin, whatever else…
- I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish…
- After an error you need not only to remove the causes but also to correct the error itself: after a sin you must not only,…
- By repenting, one acknowledges them as sins-therefore not to be repeated.
- The good man's past begins to change so that his forgiven sins and remembered sorrows take on the quality of Heaven.
- But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by…
- Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer.... An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself…
- It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our…
- Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.
- I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to "rejoice" as much as by anything else
- God's love is not wearied by our sins & is relentless in its determination that we be cured at whatever cost to us or Him
- Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms,…
- We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely necessary for…
- We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if…
- In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are you asking God…
- Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they…
More Sin Quotes
- As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic. — Michelle Bachelet
- Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart. — Johann Arndt
- We need to gather everyone we can. Damien scoffed. Uh, boss, hate to be a pall, but I think everyone we can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
- And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy… — Alan Ball
- When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the hatefulness and… — William Whately
- It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he… — James Petigru Boyce
- Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich,… — William Shakespeare
- Each of us will taste the bitter ashes of life, from sin and neglect to sorrow and disappointment. But the atonement of… — Bruce C. Hafen