1981 Quote by John Updike

“...perhaps great sins start as simple weakness, and the consistent placing of self before others.”

— Anne Perry

“But when he know that he is not only worse than all those in the world, but is also guilty before all people, on…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“IV. He that sinneth, sinneth unto himself. He that is unjust, hurts himself, in that he makes himself worse than he was before. Not…

— Marcus Aurelius

“He takes all our sins, all our ills, all our tests, all the things we don’t understand, all the things that bother us, along…

— Lydia Chorpening

“It is in a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways.”

— Buddha

“he knows that Despair is a greater sin than any of the sins which provoke it.”

— C.S. Lewis

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“God loves His people despite their sins and faults.”

— Jim George

“Human nature, gentleman. It is original sin that leads men to misfortune, every time. I am a speculator in the market, gentlemen, and that…

— Edward Rutherfurd

“...if He made us, He must know He is to blame when He has made us weak or evil. And He must understand why…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Everyone makes choices, and no one knows what may be the end of any of them. If my own was to blame for many…

— Diana Gabaldon

“If you bring out the worst in a man, that doesn’t mean you’re to blame for his sin.”

— Meredith Duran