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“The monks used to say that he was more drawn to those who were more sinful, and the greater the sinner the more he…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If ever a monk got to heaven by his monkery, it was I." "Christ was given, not for picayune and imaginary transgressions, but for…

— Martin Luther

“The man lived like a monk. And made love like a sinner.”

— Cindy Gerard

“For know, dear ones, that every one of us is undoubtedly responsible for all men- and everything on earth, not merely through the general…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will…

— Gautama Buddha

“Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain and discomfort…

— Ken Follett

“And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”

— Kaleb Nation

“The wise man has struggled to find You in his wisdom, and he has failed. The just man has striven to grasp You in…

— Thomas Merton

“Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy. If we understand the difference, we can avoid the pitfalls that entice the…

— R.C. Sproul

“In that moment, he wanted Sin for Sin—for the quiet of his breath and the unspoken words in his eyes. It was little of…

— Ais

“It’s the oldest religious shortcut in the book: the easiest way to make oneself righteous is to make someone else a sinner.”

— Rachel Held Evans

“He concealed his own misery, that he might draw them into the like: thus he still deceives sinners into their own ruin.”

— Matthew Henry