““One of the disconcerting and delightful teaching of the master was: "God is closer to sinners than to saints." This is how he explained it: " God in heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin you cut the string. then God ties it up again, making a knot-and therby bringing you a little closer to him. Again and again your sins cut the string-and with each further knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer.””
![“It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand why it is so rare. They are few, indeed, who wish to penetrate into higher spheres, higher or lower, in ways allowed or forbidden. Men, in the mass, are amply…” quote by Arthur Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d3e/arthur-machen-11940_the-white-people_it-appears-to-me-that-it-sin-is-simply-a_873954.jpg)
![“It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner. You can understand why it is so rare. There are few, indeed, who wish to penetrate into other spheres, higher or lower, in ways allowed or forbidden. Men, in the mass, are amply…” quote by Arthur Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a7c/arthur-machen-11940_fewer_it-appears-to-me-that-it-sin-is-simply-a_1440994.jpg)
![“Without imperfection [...] there would be no story.” quote by Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4df/ernest-kurtz-24274_excellence_without-imperfection-there-would-be-no-s_426699.jpg)
