In a world whose motto has become ‘You mustn’t blame yourself’, sin has been replaced by sickness. Once upon a time there were seven deadly sins. They were called deadly because they led to spiritual death and therefore to damnation. The seven sins were (and are): lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride. Now […]
Sin Quotes
No man’s contented just so much to sin – As you may license him.
Modern masters of science are much impressed with the need of beginning all inquiry with a fact. The ancient masters of religion were quite equally impressed with that necessity. They began with the fact of sin – a fact as practical as potatoes. Whether or not man could be washed in miraculous waters, there was […]
To be honest, as a humanist I don’t much like the idea of sin. But given the choice of being powerless in the face of God or an impotent client of a therapist, I side with the Church. Therapeutic definitions of addiction elevate the sense of human powerlessness to a level unimaginable in medieval times. […]
He that plots secret crime his soul within – Is straightaway guilty of the actual sin.
Wou’d I were free from this restraint, Or else had hopes to win her; Wou’d she cou’d make me a saint, Or I of her a sinner.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be built.
Every sin is the result of collaboration.
Hate the sin and love the sinner.
