"There is no sin but the lack of love."
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"The cross shows us the seriousness of our sin-but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God."
"Italians love sun, sin, and spaghetti."
"The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment."
"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."
"The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness."
"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."
"I don't hate homosexuals. I love homosexuals. It's the sin of homosexuality I hate."
"He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon."
"First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it."
"Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints."
"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."
"The only thing He forgets is our sins."
"An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins."
"The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins."
"His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin."
"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."
"If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly."
"Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place."
"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."