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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity.
There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.
There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough of pardon.
Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
Now is the hour we should humbly prostrate ourselves before God, willing to be convicted afresh of our sins by the Holy Spirit.
Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
Sin begins in thought, which is the intimation of conscience. So, if the conscience holds sin, then its thoughts shall be evil.
It was on the cross of Calvary that God, in Christ, dealt fully and finally with self, the nature from which all our sins flow.
If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin and drew you into a relationship with Jesus.
Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.
I pray as follows: May justice reign, may the laws not be broken, may the wise men be poor, and the poor men rich, without sin.
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.
Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.
We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.
To pretend to trust Christ to save you from sin while you are still determined to continue in it is making a mockery of Christ.
It's a sin to hate, and for that reason alone, we must not hate the Normans... We can, however, thoroughly dislike them, Alice.
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.
He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.
Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.
I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.
He alone can remit sins who is appointed our Master by the Father of all; He only is able to discern obedience from disobedience.
Sin is the second most powerful force in the universe, for it sent Jesus to the cross. Only one force is greater-the love of God.
Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.
We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.
I knew it was wrong, but I thought gambling was a venial sin. That's why I didn't confess it to a priest until after I was caught.
...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous.
And ultimately, If you sin against an infinitely holy and eternal God, you are infinitely guilty and worthy of eternal punishment.
Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification.
Non-co-operation means refusal both to help the sinner in his sin and not to accept any help or gift from him till he has repented.
...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but not that.
It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.
The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
Without a sincere and diligent effort in every area of obedience, there will be no sucessful mortification of any one besetting sin.
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.
I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I am a martyr, if you insist.