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“No benefit comes from a just man's prayer if he who asks for it finds more pleasure in sin than in virtue. For Samuel mourned over Saul when he sinned, but he was not able to obtain God's mercy, for his grief was not supported by the necessary change of life on the part of the sinner. Hence God put an end to the pointless grief of His servant, saying to him, 'How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?' (I Sam. 16:1).”

Ifs Men Long Ends Able Christian Asks Prayer Sin Pleasure Grief Virtue Seeing Benefits Mercy Israel Servant Life Changing Sinner Orthodox Rejected Mourn Pointless Necessary Change

Author:Maximus the Confessor

“Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as it is, everything only requires my consent, only my willingness, my loving agreement, to be good for me, to do nothing but work for my benefit, to be unable to ever harm me.”

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Book:Siddhartha (World Classics, Unabridged)

Source: Siddhartha (World Classics, Unabridged)

“Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.”

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Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse.”

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Author:Hosea Ballou

“Natural man’s sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.”

Men Want Natural Sin Benefits Without God Presbyterians

Author:R. C. Sproul

“Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. If one colony member devotes its life to service over marriage, the individual is of benefit to the society, even though it does not have personal offspring. A soldier going into battle will benefit his country, but he runs a higher risk of death than one who does not. An altruist benefits the group, but a layabout or coward who saves his own energy and reduces his bodily risk passes the resulting social cost to others.”

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Author:E. O. Wilson

“Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us.”

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Author:Saint John Chrysostom

“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.”

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Author:John Piper

“Ingratitude is surely the chief of the intellectual sins of man. He takes his political benefits for granted, just as he takes the skies and the seasons for granted.”

Men Political Sin Sky Benefits Intellectual Seasons Chiefs Granted Ingratitude

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.”

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Book:The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III

Source: The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III