“Our sins describe us, and our prohibitions describe our sins.”
Russell Banks (1940) American author
Success Stories
Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
“Our sins describe us, and our prohibitions describe our sins.”
Russell Banks (1940) American author
Success Stories
“It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
Source: The Old Man and the Sea
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.”
Troy Perry (1940) American activist and clergy
Quoted in Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. New York: Routledge. ISBN 041522974X.
James Hamilton (1814–1867) Scottish minister and a prolific author of religious tracts
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 100.
“Our debts (sins) are cancelled.”
Peter Scazzero (1956) American psychotherapist, author and theologian
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) American writer
Source: The Pursuit of Holiness
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 81.