Doors Quote by John Owen

The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And we see…

— Sallust

Sin spoils the spirit's delicacy, and unwillingness deadens its susceptibility.

— Charles Henry Parkhurst

Sins come out of the mind not into the body.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“Greater sins do sooner startle the soul, and awaken and rouse up the soul to repentance, than lesser sins do. Little sins often slide…

— Thomas Brooks

Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of…

— Oscar Wilde

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

— Jose Bergamin

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause

— Ibn Taymiyyah

Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation.

— Thomas Aquinas

“the essence of sin is not [primarily] the violation of laws but a wrecked relationship with God, one another, and the whole created order.…

— Timothy J. Keller

“The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of…

— Oscar Wilde

Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.

— J. C. Ryle