155 quotes found
“I am a man More sinn'd against than sinning.”
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
“The sins of women and children, domestic servants and the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the sins of the husbands and fathers, the masters, the strong and the rich and the educated.”
“it’s not enough for Christians merely to recognize that the world isn’t what it ought to be and that people are suffering in ways they shouldn’t have to suffer.” Instead, our “sorrow and indignatio...”
“A man cannot think himself out of mental evil; for it is actually the organ of thought that has become diseased, ungovernable, and, as it were, independent. He can only be saved by will or faith. T...”
“Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.”
“Smartass Disciple: Does stupidity a sin? Master of Stupidity: No stupidity, no sin.”
“We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections ...”
“Sin became a luxury, a flower set in her hair, a diamond fastened on her brow.”
“A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and ma...”
“Be sure your sin will find you out...Be sure.”
“We sin not because we do not love Christ at all but because we don’t love him above all.”
“It’s impossible to know what sin is if we don’t know what God says.”
“Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.”
“The greatest sin is doubting God’s truth”
“Sin is not just what the catechism says it is. Sin is not simply that which we commit. Sin is also what we desire but are too weak to do.”
“After all, that’s all a man really needs: a big city full of sin and sleaze, and a chance.”
“You will never turn from a sin you don’t hate.”
“The things that tempt us do not come from external persuasions…they originate from our very own hearts. They’re conceived there, entertained by our thoughts and then acted upon. Our hearts need dai...”
“The preachers preach and the sinners sin sincerely.”
