Creativity Quote by Louis Berkhof

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages,…

— Charles Hodge

“The major sin is the sin of being born.”

— Samuel Butler

“The whole conception of 'sin' is one which I find very puzzling, doubtless owing to my sinful nature.”

— Bertrand Russell

“The Pelagianizing Romanist says, Lust, or concupiscence, brings forth sin, therefore it cannot be sin, because the mother cannot be the child. We reply,…

— Charles Porterfield Krauth

“We are all sinners by birth, but in Christ Jesus, we are made perfect and righteous the day we are baptized and born of…

— Shaila Touchton

“sin is the only heritage of the natural man”

— James Baldwin

“Original sin is my only refuge, I was born bad and I never have recovered”

— Alice James

“The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an…

— James Alison

“It is not possible to understand original sin without reference to the fullness of givenness – that is, love. Original sin is a refusal…

— Pope Saint John Paul II

“Sin is an exacting despot who can be vanquished by no created power, but by the sovereign power of Jesus Christ alone.”

— Martin Luther

Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo.

— Robert A. Heinlein