Quotes having the keyword Sin
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.
by Johannes Tauler (Theologian, German , born in 1300) keywords: apt, even, fall, grace, harm, inclined, into, kill, lose, make, mortal, nevertheless, only, ready, sin, sins, such, themselves, though , us In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
by Hunter S. Thompson (Journalist, American , born in 1937) keywords: caught, closed, crime, everybody, final, getting, guilty, only, sin, society, stupidity, thieves, where , world And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
by Peter Tosh (Musician, Jamaican , born in 1944) keywords: am, ask, black, born, church, inequity, love, main, makes, say, shall, shamed, sick, sin, sing, snow, songs, than, used, wash , why To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
by Barbara Tuchman (Historian, American , born in 1912) keywords: against, away, book, ghost, holy, order, original, own, put, sin, take, thoughts , up Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.
by Thorstein Veblen (Economist, American , born in 1857) keywords: bend, born, ceased, conceived, dissension, distress, human, iniquity, institutions, nationalism, never, service, sin , spirit Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
by Swami Vivekananda (Clergyman, Indian , born in 1863) keywords: anything, greatest, heresy, impossible, never, only, others, say, sin, soul, think , weak The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
by Swami Vivekananda (Clergyman, Indian , born in 1863) keywords: cannot, creature, error, greatest, miserable, only, power, recognizes, say, says, sin, sinner , weak It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
by Mae West (Actor, American , born in 1893) keywords: any, break, crack, few, just, laws, long, now, sin , then But the Bible speaks against it, and because the Bible speaks against it, we allow rampant sin including homosexuality and lying, and to me lying is just as b ad as homosexuality, and we've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation.
by Reggie White (Athlete, American , born in 1961) keywords: ad, against, allow, allowed, because, bible, homosexuality, including, just, lying, nation, our, rampant, run, sin , speaks Let me explain something when I'm talking about sin, and I'm talking about all sin. One of the biggest ones that has been talked about that has really become a debate in America is homosexuality.
by Reggie White (Athlete, American , born in 1961) keywords: america, become, been, biggest, debate, explain, homosexuality, ones, really, sin, something, talked , talking Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.
by David Wilkerson (Clergyman , American) keywords: cares, christ, comes, energy, evil, expense, face, life, necessary, neglecting, pursuing, riches, sin, spend, themselves, these, things, time, troubles , us Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.
by Charles Williams (Editor, English , born in 1886) keywords: apt, charitable, contrition, encourage, every, exhibit, other, quite, should, similar, sin , wish
