"Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God."
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"It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin."
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"The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't."
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"Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't."
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"The real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State."
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"Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five billion strangers."
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"Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo."
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"In the deepest sense, the being in a state of sin is the sin, the particular sins are not the continuation of sin, they are expressions of its continuation."
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"A clean confession combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest type of repentance."
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"There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."
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"Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do."
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"There's no sin but stupidity."
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"The greatest of all sins is stupidity."
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"All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon."
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"It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure."
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"Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy."
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"Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment."
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"'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'."
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"Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities."
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"Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
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