“Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin.”

“The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.”

Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) United States Secretary of War

“Of the seven deadly sins, lust is definitely the pick of the litter.”

Tom Robbins Skinny Legs and All

“(…) Sin and virtue refer to a person only. Without a sinful or virtuous person what is sin or virtue? At the level of the absolute there are no persons; the ocean of pure awareness is neither virtuous nor sinful. Sin and virtue are invariably relative.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all.”

Joseph Epstein (1937–1944) American essayist, short story writer and editor

“Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

“It's another sin. Worse than all the other ones, which are immediate, violent and hot… It's the eighth deadly sin. The one God left out, Hope.”

Jennifer Donnelly A Northern Light

“Now behoveth me to tell in what manner I saw sin deadly in the creatures which shall not die for sin, but live in the joy of God without end.”

Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) English theologian and anchoress

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtues fall.”

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet

“Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection. The sense of virtue helps us to cherish our sins in secret.”

Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet