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“There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from Paradise; it is because of indolence that they do not return. Yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. Because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they do not return.”

Humans Two Sin Return Majors Paradise Impatience Indolence

Book:The Blue Octavo Notebooks

Source: The Blue Octavo Notebooks

“But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.”

Sin Return Weakness

Author:Jean de La Fontaine

“Love can never be a sin. It can be only a blessing. Even if you're not loved in return -- though I can't imagine that -- to love is a proof of life -- indeed, it's the only proof, for once you can't love another human being, you're not alive.”

Ifs Humans I Can Human Beings Sin Love Is Alive Imagine Return Blessing Proof Imagine That

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.”

Success Work Sin Return Patience Driven Paradise Impatience Cardinals

Author:W. H. Auden

“It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.”

Giving Seems Passion Causes Justice Sin Virtue Special Conditions Return Thanks Forgiven Thanksgiving Ingratitude

Author:Thomas Aquinas

“To any honest observer, Zimbabwe's sin is that it has taken the position to right a wrong, whose resolution has been too long overdue--to return its land to its people.”

People Long Has Beens Sin Taken Land Honest Position Return Resolution Observers Zimbabwe Overdue

Author:Cynthia McKinney

“Christ came to save us. If we have taken a wrong course, the Atonement of Jesus Christ can give us the assurance that sin is not a point of no return. A safe return is possible if we will follow God's plan for our salvation”

Ifs Giving Courses Jesus Christ Sin Taken Plans Return Safe Jesus Christ Salvation Assurance Atonement God's Plan Safe Return

Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose.”

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Author:Theophan the Recluse

“A sick person is Allah's guest for as long as he is ill. Every day he is sick, God gives him countless rewards, as long as he says ' al hamdulillah', praise be to God, and does not fight it and complain. When God returns to him his health, he expiates his sins and gives him the status of the newly-born (completely pure and free of any sin). Illness is a mercy and a blessing.”

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Author:Kristiane Backer

“There are two cardinal human sins out of which all others derive, deviate, and dissipate: impatience and lassitude (or perhaps nonchalance). On account of impatience they are driven out of paradise; on account of lassitude or nonchalance they do not return. Perhaps, however, only one main sense of sin is given: impatience. On account of impatience they are driven out, on account of impatience they do not turn back.”

Humans Two Turns Given Sin Return Accounts Driven Paradise Impatience Cardinals Deviate Nonchalance

Author:Franz Kafka

“Upon my return from the army to Baltimore in the winter of 1777, I sat next to John Adams in Congress, and upon my whispering to him and asking him if he thought we should succeed in our struggle with Great Britain, he answered me, "Yes-if we fear God and repent of our sins."”

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Author:Benjamin Rush

“A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!”

Source: Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ

“Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for his wife's good without threatening or abusing her. This includes suffering to protect her from any outside forces that would harm her, as well as suffering disappointments of abuses even from her. This kind of love is possible because Christ died for both husband and wife. Their sins are forgiven. Neither needs to make the other suffer for sins. Christ has borne that suffering. Now as two sinful and forgiven people we can return good for evil.”

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Author:John Piper

“There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise.”

Men Giving Littles Stills Different Sin Return Speech Giving Up Clothes Lust Related Paradise Different Things Contrast Indulge Indulge In Ribs

Book:Juliet: A Novel

Source: Juliet: A Novel