“In the past we believed both sexes were born with original sin. Today, we have come to unconsciously believe in the original sin of boys, but the original innocence of girls.”

“If we believe that God is everywhere… why should we not believe He is in objects to which so much concentrated devotion is attached? Christians believe in the doctrine of original sin. Hindus believe in the doctrine of acquired sin. But all of us believe that God, by whatever name we call Him, is in the world.”

C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) Political leader

“Pride and conceit were the original sin of man.”

Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas

“The fault of many of our artists and intellectuals lies in their original sin: they are not true revolutionaries. We can try to graft the elm tree so that it will bear pears, but at the same time we must plant pear trees. New generations will come that will be free of original sin.”

Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary

“The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because of my 'liberal' view of human nature: I cannot believe in a state of original innocence, still less in a profound meaning in it, and I am always minimising the conception and the extent of Sin and the sinfulness of sex.”

E.M. Forster (1879–1970) English novelist

“The original sin is to limit the Is.”

Richard Bach book Illusions

“The language of sin was universal, the original Esperanto.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

“Father, bless me for I have sinned, I did an original sin… I poked a badger with a spoon.”

Eddie Izzard (1962) British stand-up comedian, actor and writer

“All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority, otherwise called ambition.”

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

“We may allow the idea of The Origin Sin to endlessly haunt our minds, but we are well ensured that it is not our concern.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author