Sin Quotes
4044 Sin quotes by 1784 unique authors
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The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is…
— Swami Vivekananda
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
— Brennan Manning
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In the deceitfulness of our hearts, we sometimes play with temptation by entertaining the thought that we can always confess and later ask forgiveness. Such…
— Jerry Bridges
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The god which the vast majority of professing Christians love is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish…
— Arthur W. Pink
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What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute finite evil is…
— William James
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For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of…
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed…
— Mark Twain
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Marble, I perceive, covers a multitude of sins.
— Aldous Huxley
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Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain…
— Walter Dean Myers
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Be very sure of this,-people never reject the Bible because they cannot understand it. They understand it only too well; they understand that it condemns…
— J C Ryle
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It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy.…
— Ellen G. White
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To course across more kindly waters now my talent's little vessel lifts her sails, leaving behind herself a sea so cruel; and what I sing…
— Dante Alighieri
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We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life yet you forget there will always be a part…
— Megan McCafferty
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There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin.
— Craig Ferguson
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What's prayer? It's shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who's to say? It's reaching for a hand you cannot touch.…
— Frederick Buechner
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Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.
— Czeslaw Milosz
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If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who…
— Victor Hugo
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There was already a deep black wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin.
— Flannery O'Connor
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There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
— Franz Kafka
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There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.
— John Steinbeck
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[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I…
— Tracy Hickman
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Is it a sin to hold something more important than your life? Should I be condemned for that?
— Arina Tanemura
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You are out of control, Rand al'Thor,' she declared. I do what must be done,' he said, speaking now from the shadows. He sounded exhausted.…
— Brandon Sanderson
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I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are not ashamed to…
— Daniel Defoe
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All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.
— Oscar Wilde
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