Sin Quotes

4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. — Desiderius Erasmus
There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins… — Mia Farrow
Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? — Jules Feiffer
His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to… — Helen Hayes
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. — Matthew Henry
Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace… — Hermann Hesse
Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed. — Reid Hoffman
We are not punished for our sins, but by them. — Elbert Hubbard
Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. — Eric Hoffer
We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think… — Anthony Hopkins
We are punished by our sins, not for them. — Elbert Hubbard
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. — Kin Hubbard
The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins. — Thomas Huxley
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable… — Thomas Huxley
Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but… — E. Stanley Jones
We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but… — E. Stanley Jones
Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why. — James Joyce
Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in… — Franz Kafka
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't. — Alfred Korzybski
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama
Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state. — William Law
To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. — T.E. Lawrence
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. — Fran Lebowitz

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