Brands Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“My sin grew sleek on my excesses.”

— St. Augustine

“sin is an effort to gain the ecstasy and the knowledge that pertain alone to angels, and in making this effort man becomes a…

— Arthur Machen

“My greatest sin was to waste my life believing that I wasn't capable of something more.”

— Srinivas Rao

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

— Bertrand Russell

“Sin is passionate lust in the flesh.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Sin is like mold—the longer it lives, the blacker it becomes. And spores can’t be avoided. Never.”

— Aaron Dries

“Sin is the ruin and misery of the soul; it is destructive in its nature; and if God should leave it without restraint, there…

— Jonathan Edwards

“Virtue must be the only vigorous thing in our lives. Sin is large and stale. You can never finish eating it nor ever digest…

— Flannery O'Connor

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

— Emma Goldman

“sin is deceptively strong and pride has many faces. I”

— Louie Giglio

“We all sin, of course, but the unwillingness to take any responsibility for our sins implies a more deeply damaged spirit.”

— Charles J. Chaput

“He was sin personified... A sin I craved...”

— Tillie Cole