I am not fond of Oliver Montrose. Oliver is a person I despise; The purple veins that bulbify his nose, The crimson veins that irrigate his eyes. His weezy breath his vinous weakness shows; He is the slave of whisky, beer and gin. I am not fond of Oliver Montrose; I hate the sinner. But […]
Sin Quotes
In order to be saved one must be forgiven, in order to be forgiven one must have sinned, ergo, what choice does one have but to sin, so let’s get on with it!
Original sin is in us, like the beard. We are shaved today and look clean, and have a smooth chin; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth.
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
I hate the sin, but I love the sinner.
But the first thing next morning we reflected If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn’t take us long To get so we had no one left to live with.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.
A secular society always feels uncomfortable with the moral imagination associated with the seven deadly sins. The Enlightenment replaced the idea of sin, which is deemed to be an offense against God, with the idea of crime, which is an offense against other people. But the rationalists still shared with religion the belief that individuals […]
Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his (Lucifer’s) ruin.
The London Times once asked a number prominent people to write essays on the topic, What’s Wrong with the World. Gilbert K. Chesterton’s reply is the shortest and most to the point in history: Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely,
