Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“He used to say that sinning was not about the bad things you’d done and regretted but about the failure to do what you…

— Marguerite Poland

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

— Marcus Aurelius

“He doesn't blame people for many sins, but he does hate uncoordination, the root of all evil, as he feels it, for without coordination…

— John Updike

“It’s amazing how much more mercy I give to people who struggle with sins I understand. The further their sin is from my own…

— Michael Cheshire

“The sin he dwells in, the sin he will not come out of, is the sole ruin of a man. His present, his live…

— George MacDonald

“In times of suffering, don't turn inward to self-pity or outward to revenge, but turn to the lover of your soul, Jesus.”

— Crystal Mary Lindsey

“No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it obliterates God and puts self-interest upon the throne.”

— Oswald Chambers

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

— Matthew Henry

“He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by…

— Gloria Coleman

“While injustice is the worst of sins, despair is the most dangerous; because when you are in despair you care neither about yourself nor…

— Thomas Aquinas

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

— Anne Perry

“There comes a time when one has seen such suffering one begins to understand, in this world, even the innocent may be forced to…

— Jessica Skye Davies