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We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning of time to 'multiply and replenish the earth.' Surely those who project such measures to prevent life or to destroy life before or after birth will reap the whirlwind of God's retribution, for God will not be mocked.

We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not good to do religiously.

We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.

Well how can a holy, just, righteous God allow sin into His presence?

Well, that’s just a little hard, since I can’t even talk her into sparing your life, huh? You haven’t exactly endeared yourself to her. (Kat) Oh, excuse my utter lack of manners there. Should we call Mommy dearest and invite her over for tea? I promise to be on my best manners when I choke the life out of her. (Sin)

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.

We must guard against allowing anger to drag us into sin.

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

We must not be content to be cleansed from sin; we must be filled with the Spirit.

We must not forget that it wasn't the Jews that put him on the cross, and it wasn't the Romans. It was my sins, it was your sins, the sins of this world.

We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.

We should confess His hand in all things. Ingratitude is one of our great sins.

We’re too Christian to enjoy sin and too sinful to enjoy Christ. We’ve got just enough Jesus to be informed, but not enough to be transformed.

We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays.

We should no more tolerate false doctrine that we would tolerate sin.

We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE.

We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers.

We tend to speak of sin in very personal and individual terms. Jeremiah does not downplay that, but he also sees how a whole society can be bound up in the tentacles of sin, in the assumptions that everybody around you makes, about how it becomes easier to sin than not to, and how we can become so confused and contradictory in our reactions, when sin is pointed out.

We were not saved from our sin simply so that we would qualify for heaven. God delivered us so we would have a relationship with Him through which He could carry out His mission to redeem a lost world.

What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?

We will never know how great God's love is until we first see how great our sin is.

What a mistake those who do not hope make! Judas made a huge blunder the day in which he sold Christ for 30 denarii, but he made an even bigger one when he thought that his sin was too great to be forgiven. No sin is too big: any wretchedness, however great, can always be enclosed in infinite mercy.

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.

What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much - and like so well?

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

What good is envy? It’s the one sin you can’t have any fun at.

Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes.

What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be based on the notion of sin; it is crimes that it must define.

What was my great sin? To have revealed the private property of the bank - well if this is being a criminal, then maybe I'm a great criminal.

What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.

'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'.

What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.

What would you expect? Sin will not come to you saying, 'I am sin.' It would do little harm if it did. Sin always seems 'good, pleasant and desirable' at the time of arrival.

When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long.

What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven, there is no basis for discipleship.

When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows

When a sinner has any just sense of his condition, as alienated from a holy God, he will not be apt to think of the unpardonable sin.

when a swinging sin is to be committed, there is nothing like a gown and a cassock to cover it.

When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.

When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

When God saves us through Christ, He not only saves us from the penalty of sin, but also from its dominion.

When I come before these men I do not have to explain that we are all sinners. They have committed every sin there is. All I have to tell them is that I, too, am a sinner.

When I found myself regarded as respectable, I began to wonder what sins I had committed. I must be very wicked, I thought. I began to engage in the most uncomfortable introspection.

When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.