"We need a bigger estimation of God and a smaller estimation of sin."
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"Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness."
"The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking."
"If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. ... How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?"
"The Truth An Offense But Not A Sin"
"It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath."
"Desire of having is the sin of covetousness."
"The only sin is the sin of being born."
"It is a sin to regard the fact that God cannot do the impossible as a limitation on his powers."
"Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing."
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
"Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner."
"Our souls, shame-wounded by our sins, cling to us yet more, a woman to her lover clinging, the more the more."
"Once you savor God's goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal."
"The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross."
"The wages of sin is alimony."
"That which we call sin in others is experiment for us."
"Humanity is the sin of God"
"How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior."
"The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you."