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Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician
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"Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft."

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Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
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"So we can only know God well by knowing our iniquities. Therefore those who have known God, without knowing their wretchedness, have not glorified Him, but have glorified themselves."

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John Smith Politician
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"Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints."

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Mother Teresa Missionary, Nun
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"Put your sins in the chalice for the precious blood to wash away. One drop is capable of washing away the sins of the world."

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Jeremiah Burroughs Puritan Minister, Author
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"I am discontented because I have not these things which God never yet promised me, and therefore I sin much against the Gospel, and against the grace of faith."

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Thomas Huxley Biologist, Anthropologist
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"The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin."

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