Quotes about sin
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“Men and women whisper to each other because they have turned a sacred gesture into a sinful act.”

Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), About sex

Women, Men

“For the first time, I will smile without feeling guilty, because joy is not a sin.”

Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Our fate

Smile, Feeling, Time, Joy

“You are my forbidden sin, my favorite.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Sei il mio peccato proibito, il mio preferito.
Source: prevale.net

“In love, sin with the heart.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) In amore, peccate con il cuore.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Heart

“The function of the Church’s doctrine of original sin ... is to keep alive the beam in my eye ... God keeps alive the beam in my eye by making that beam a living Cross, a beam on which there hangs a murdered victim.”

James Alison (1959) Christian theologian, priest

Source: The Joy of Being Wrong, p. 261.

God

“It is certain that men’s prayers are more pleasing to God if they go up to Him from a pure heart; from souls, that is, that are free from all sin.”

Pope Pius IX (1792–1878) 255th Pope of the Catholic Church

Act. et Decr. Sacr. Concil. Recent., Coll. Lac. tom. VII, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1890, col. 10 as quoted in Paenitentiam Agere, encyclical by Pope John XXIII (1962). Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana.

Men, God, Soul, Heart

“What a state of society is this in which free-thinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?”

William Winwood Reade (1838–1875) British historian

Source: The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect", p. 541

“It repudiates, as something vile and sinful, our deepest feelings; but being absolutely ignorant as to the real functions of human emotions, Puritanism is itself the creator of the most unspeakable vices.”

Emma Goldman book Anarchism and Other Essays

Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), The Hypocrisy of Puritanism

Feeling

“Some people confess guilt to claim credit for the sin.”

John Von Neumann (1903–1957) Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath

As quoted in John Von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More (2016) by Norman Macrae, p. 352 in response to Oppenheimer's 'destroyer of worlds' quote.

People

“If no one is perfect in this world, then it would be foolish of you to confess your sins to anyone. Unless you feel they must be perfect in the first place!”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

World, Feeling, Perfection

“It would be deemed sinful of you to refuse to change even though you know that you are completely wrong.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Change

“The act of sinning is to allow your will to become rebellious, or do the things wrong that are under your own control.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The new commandment is that, it's a sin to disbelieve in yourself.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“I can easily give away everything I own, but don't sin against yourself by trying to interfere with my freedom of choice.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Freedom

“I do not see any morality in believing that your sins have been taken away on the cross, or from those who advise their followers to do whatever they want in life.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Life

“If God can truly forgive any type of sin willingly, then why did He cause His own son to be killed for the sins of other people?”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God, People, Forgiveness

“Is every death on the cross associated with paying the sins of others?”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Death

“The fact that Jesus died for your sins is actually encouraging the criminals to do whatever they want.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The only sin in the world is pretending to know everything.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

World

“The sin is not in the persuasion itself, but in the intention of that individual. If the intention is pure, then your means will also be justified.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“What kind of God would wait for billions of years before sending someone in the world to be killed for the sins of the people?”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God, People, World, Waiting

“Who is dying for whom? You keep claiming that someone else already died for your sins, then why are you going to die again?”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“It's not a sin, and it's certainly not inaccurate, to say we've come a long way, baby. Not mission accomplished, just a long way.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

New Rule: ‘Progressophobia’, (2021)

Way, Baby

“I’d also like to say to our priests: we can’t fail to talk to our people about these real sins that affect the lives of our people. If we talk about sins they don’t commit, of what good is that?”

Joseph Fred Naumann (1949) Catholic archbishop

Archbishop Naumann: “If the Church is silent on the destruction of life, we’re being negligent” https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/12/04/archbishop-naumann-if-the-church-is-silent-on-the-destruction-of-life-were-being-negligent/ (December 4, 2017)

People

“I have often wondered why anger is considered by some Western religions to be a sin. It is such a marvelous protection against evil.”

Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer

Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore (1985), Chapter 2 (p. 45)

Religion, Evil, Anger

“O Beloved, in your mercy forgive me my sins
and accept my night-long weeping.
I live in bewilderment, full of transgressions–
Only your grace will bring me release.”

Sarmad Kashani (1590–1661) Persian mystic, poet and saint

Source: Sarmad, Martyr to Love Divine, p. 240 (2005)

Forgiveness, Night

“In Life's experience of varied kinds, this have I seen:
Your grace, O Lord, far outweighs my sins.
Strange, your mercy has become my excuse for more transgressions–
The greater your generosity, the greater my sins!”

Sarmad Kashani (1590–1661) Persian mystic, poet and saint

Source: Sarmad, Martyr to Love Divine, p. 238 (2005)

Life

“To sin is human, to lay snares is diabolical.”

Jerome (345–420) Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church

Book III, sec. 33 <br class="br"> Apology Against Rufinus https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2710.htm

“If a man has sinned and denies it, saying: 'I have not sinned,' do not reprimand him; for that will discourage him.
But say to him, 'Do not lose heart, brother, but be on guard in future,' and you will stir his soul to repentance.”

Poemen (340–450) Egyptian monk and desert father

Saying 23

Soul, Future, Heart

“Eat that money without compromising with them. If they come to bribe you, accept the money but don’t vote for them because you will be alone while voting. Do not fear because you will have committed no sin and God cannot be angry with you.”

Matthias Ssekamaanya (1936) Ugandan Roman Catholic bishop

Source: ‘Eat’ the money, but vote development, says bishop https://observer.ug/news-headlines/36415-eat-the-money-but-vote-development-says-bishop (February 18, 2015)

Money, God, Fear

“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity

8:7 (King James Version)
New Testament, Gospel of John

“To the oft-repeated question "If Jesus resurrected His physical body why is He not visible here among us?" we would say that Jesus overcame the sins that caused our original fall from the perfect body of the Adamic man to the diseased and dying body in which the race is now existing.”

Charles Fillmore (1854–1948) American mystic

Source: Mysteries Of John (1946)

Disease, Question, Perfection

“In history there are no authorities: history is a free study in which no man can claim rule, or credence for his mere ipse dixit, and in which the only true sin is to deny a hearing to views with which one happens to disagree.”

Geoffrey Elton (1921–1994) historian

Source: Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, 'Presidential Address: The Historian's Social Function' (1976)

History, Study

“The first commandment of modern philosophy runs: Thou shalt emancipate thyself from all postulates. The postulate has been declared a deadly sin, and he who makes one is the enemy of truth.”

Lev Shestov (1866–1938) Russian theologian

Source: In Job's Balances: on the sources of the eternal truths, On The Philosophy of History p. 247

Truth

“Dare to dare, to fight and to sin. Life is now, never put off.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Osa osare, lottare e peccare. La vita è adesso, mai rimandare.
Source: prevale.net

Life, Fight

“I have long been convinced in my own mind that the enslaving of Africans brought from Africa or those born in this country is unjust; and it is one of the sins of the land, and I would endeavor to free my estate from the cry of such a sin against it.”

Jonathan Todd (1713–1791) American Congregational minister

Source: His will, Feburary 3, 1791, quoted in Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale College by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, vol. 1, p. 468 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006955192&view=1up&seq=482

Cry, Country

“When angry do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down. Leave no such room or foothold for the devil give no opportunity to him.”

book Bible

Source: Ephesians 4:26-27, AMP

Truth, Sun

“A disturbed or uneasy conscience is a gift from God. Rejoice when that happens, rather than being offended, and you will discover one of the best ways by which you can grow in holiness of life. You become free of the very sin the Lord Jesus is presenting to you.”

Paul Donoghue (1949) Roman Catholic bishop

A ‘pricked’ conscience https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-a-pricked-conscience/ (15 October 2021)

Life, God, Way

“Sickness, jail, poverty, getting drunk—I had to experience all that myself. Sinning makes the world go round. You can't be so stuck up, so inhuman that you want to be pure, your soul wrapped up in a plastic bag, all the time. You have to be God and the devil, both of them. Being a good medicine man means being right in the midst of the turmoil, not shielding yourself from it. It means experiencing life in all its phases. It means not being afraid of cutting up and playing the fool now and then. That's sacred too.”

John Fire Lame Deer (1903–1976) American activist

Source: Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (1972), p. 76

Life, God, World, Fools

“In trying to work for you, we might have failed to take good care of your souls as expected. We ask for your forgiveness in this Year of Mercy. We ask a bit a bit of amnesty from you. We should humbly acknowledge before God and his people the fact that in the history of our priesthood, the dark presence of sin is also found, so there is the need for us in this Year of Mercy to commit ourselves fully to the search for holiness.”

Robert Ndlovu (1955) Archbishop of Harare

Source: Archbishop of Harare celebrates Chrism Mass http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2016/03/24/archbishop_of_harare_celebrates_chrism_mass/en-1217797 (24 March 2016)

God, People, Soul, History

“Forgiveness of the sin of abortion does not mean the Church condones abortion, neither does it minimise its grave effects.”

Smaragde Mbonyintege (1947) Rwandan Catholic bishop (born 1947)

Source: Catholic Church maintains its stand on abortion, says Bishop Mbonyintege https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/192233 (5 September 2015)

Forgiveness

“The Church therefore requires that the priest practice custody of the eyes, an integral part of modesty: we should never let our eyes fall on anything that would distract us from God or lead us into sin.”

Chad Ripperger (1964) American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist

Ripperger PhD, Fr Chad, Topics on Tradition, Sensus Traditionis. Kindle Edition, 2013, pg. 150

God, Parting

“He who has not sinned lacks a stone.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

“No sin is unforgivable except the sin that is not repented of.”

Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993) Russian monk, theologian and writer

Source: Saint Silouan the Athonite (1991), p. 83

“Without a divine call no one can be saved. We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God, unless He first called us by His grace.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Mark II: 13–22, p. 31
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

God, World, Wedding

“Baptism is the washing away of evils that were in us before, but sins committed after baptism are washed away by tears.”

John Climacus book The Ladder of Divine Ascent

7:6
The Ladder of Divine Ascent

Tear, Evil

“The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Vol. II, Luke XIX: 1–10, p. 294
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)

Hate, Heart, Christ

“Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: A Call to Prayer (1867), p. 16

“The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must "plead guilty" before God can declare us innocent.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: Knots Untied (1877), Ch. XII: "Confession", p. 261

God, Christ

“When God created the world, He placed sin and ignorance within satisfication of the appetite and knowledge and wisdom withing hunger. When Sahl hungered he was powerful, and whenever he ate, he became weak.”

Sahl al-Tustari (818–896) arabian Sufi, Islamic theologian

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 55

Wisdom, Hunger, God, World

“Divine Love came down to take on itself our sins, but there is no Saviour to do the like for our mistakes.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Sarah de Berenger: A Novel (1879), Ch. 1, p. 15.

Love

“The heaviest burden of our human side is not sin. Because heaven or hell is a choice that we create ourselves. The heaviest burden of our humanity is the ego. how can we defeat and subdue the personal ego. Sin is just a condition and consequence of the wrong life choices. It is impossible for us to separate that consequences from the interests of our personal egos.”

Titon Rahmawan

#ego

Life, Hell, Personality

“Wise people have the ability to grasp the positive side of every situation, they have a brilliant, perverse mind and a spirit that loves to dare and sin: to live life to the fullest.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le persone sagge hanno la capacità di cogliere il lato positivo di ogni situazione, hanno una mente brillante, perversa ed uno spirito che ama osare e peccare: vivere appieno la vita.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Life, People

“Each of us is someone's forbidden sin. It would just be enough to meet up.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ognuno di noi è il peccato proibito di qualcuno. Basterebbe solo incontrarsi.
Source: prevale.net

“Sooner or later the end of the punishment will come, the expiation of sins; so live sinning and don't do good: don't serves at a dick.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Prima o poi verrà la fine della punizione, l'espiazione dei peccati; quindi vivi peccando e non fare il buono: non serve a un cazzo.
Source: prevale.net

“The ignorant often sin of education, arrogance and presumption. For his it is normal behave like this because he is not used to acquiring culture, according to him he is born wise and generally due to his closed nature he dies always together with his ignorance.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: L'ignorante pecca spesso di educazione, arroganza e presunzione. Per lui è normale comportarsi così perché non è abituato ad acquisire cultura, secondo lui nasce saggio e generalmente per la sua natura chiusa muore sempre insieme alla sua ignoranza.
Source: prevale.net

Education, Nature

“If you want to sin, exaggerate.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Se volete peccare, esagerate.
Source: prevale.net

“The worst sin any of us can commit is not committing any sin.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il peccato peggiore che ognuno di noi possa commettere è non commettere alcun peccato.
Source: prevale.net

“I wish I could be your forbidden sin, your favourite.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Vorrei poter essere il tuo peccato proibito, il tuo preferito.
Source: prevale.net

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Quotes about sin
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