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“Hinduism is wholly free from the strange obsession of some faiths that the acceptance of a particular religious metaphysics is necessary for salvation, and non-acceptance thereof is a heinous sin meriting eternal punishment in hell.”

Religious Sin Hell Acceptance Particular Strange Eternal Salvation Punishment Obsession Hinduism Metaphysics

Author:Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

“The greatest sin is to think that you are weak. No one is greater: realize that you are Brahman. Nothing has power except what you give it.”

Thinking Giving Realizing Sin Greater Weak Brahman

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good man I had any respect for was Satan. The only saint is that person who never weakens, faces everything, and determines die game.”

Men Persons Faces Dies Games Lost Sin Boys Weakness Saint Determine Satan Paradise Good Man Milton

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Syntax must be bad, having sin and tax in it.”

Sin Taxes Syntax

Author:Will Rogers

“Masturbation is not physically necessary. There is already a way by which the male system relieves excessive spermatic fluid quite regularly through the nocturnal emission or wet dream. Monthly menstrual flow expels the female's egg and cleanses the womb. For both sexes, physical or emotional tensions can be released by vigorous activity. Thus, in a biological sense, masturbation for either gender is not necessary. In a gospel sense, it is a sin: Masturbation, a rather common indiscretion, is not approved of the Lord...regardless of what may have been said by others whose 'norms' are lower.”

Way May Has Beens Said Dream Sex Sin Common Lord Emotional Activity Female Flow Males Gender Tension Eggs Wet Norm Womb Fluid Vigorous Emissions Approved Masturbation Nocturnal Wet Dreams

Author:Spencer W. Kimball

“Homosexuality is an ugly sin, repugnant to those who find no temptation in it, as well as to many past offenders who are seeking a way out of its clutches. All such deviations from normal, proper heterosexual relationships are not merely unnatural but wrong in the sight of God.”

Way Wells Past Sin Normal Sight Seeking Ugly Temptation Homosexuality Unnatural Offenders Clutch Deviation

Author:Spencer W. Kimball

“But let us emphasize that right and wrong, righteousness and sin, are not dependent upon man's interpretations, conventions and attitudes. Social acceptance does not change the status of an act, making wrong into right. If all the people in the world were to accept homosexuality, the practice would still be a deep, dark sin.”

People Ifs Men World Doe Stills Social Dark Sin Attitude Accepting Practice Acceptance Dependent Interpretation Righteousness Conventions Homosexuality Deep Dark Social Acceptance

Author:Spencer W. Kimball

“The sun's rays have vision and give us vision. However, it is the birds eyes and the two invisible angels by your side that record everything. Nothing goes unnoticed throughout the universe. Wherever there is a vibration, there are eyes and ears. Some energies don't need ears or vision to see or hear, they can feel what is in your heart and tap into all your sins and fears.”

Needs Giving Feels Heart Two Eye Universe Energy Sides Sin Vision Sun Records Bird Angel Ears Invisible Rays Vibrations Your Side Unnoticed

Author:Suzy Kassem

“Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.”

Individual Sin Race Cowardice

Book:American ideals and other essays, social and political

Source: American ideals and other essays, social and political

“Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility.”

Giving Desire Sin Humility Giving Up Conviction Intense Obedience Repentance Revival Desire To Live Obedience To God

Author:Charles Grandison Finney

“And speaking of sex, the Immaculate Conception does not mean Jesus was conceived in the absence of sex. It means Mary was conceived without Original Sin. That's all it has ever meant. And according to the tabloids, Mary is apparently the only one who can make such a claim. The Jesus thing is called virgin birth.”

Mean Doe Jesus Sex Sin Birth Claims Originals Absence Conception Mary Virgins Tabloids Original Sin Immaculate Virgin Birth Immaculate Conception

Book:The Best of Brain Droppings

Source: The Best of Brain Droppings

“It is an end with priests and gods, if man becomes scientific. Moral: science is the thing forbidden in itself - it alone is forbidden. Science is the first sin, the germ of all sin, original sin. This alones is mortality: Thou shalt not know.”

Ifs Knows Men Firsts Ends Sin Moral Originals Priests Mortality Forbidden Germs Original Sin

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“I have just committed the mortal sin of laughing in the Members' Library. No-one around here has done that for a while.”

Done Sin Laughing Members Library Committed Mortals Mortal Sin

Author:Nadine Dorries

“Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.”

Author:Ignatius of Loyola

“Sin is more than an act or a series of acts; it is a man's make-up.”

Book:Sovereignty of God

Source: Sovereignty of God

“I always consult five to ten people who are hardcore fans, to see how far I can push a role. When they go, "Wait a second, you can't do that! That's a sin!," you go, "Okay, fine, we're not going to do that. We tried too far."”

People I Can Waiting Sin Roles Five Fans Fine Ten Okay Hardcore

Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura

“Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.”

Enjoy Sin Pleasure Conscience Deny Defense

Author:Salvador de Madariaga

“Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can't win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives.”

Games Winning Term Loses Sin Teacher Modern Shapes Comparison Traps Modern Life Great Teacher Cardinals Can't Win

Author:James C. Collins

“Prayer is an exchange. We leave our burdens, worries and sin in the hands of God. We come away with oil of joy and the garment of praise.”

Hands Joy Prayer Sin Worry Praise Burden Oil Garments Hands Of God

Author:F.B. Meyer

“See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!”

Children Persons Doe States Beautiful Sin My Children Weary Joyous Beautiful Life Always Happy Disgusted Peace With God Beautiful Death

Author:John Vianney

“Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.”

Passion Sin Common Revenge

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins, when all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins.”

Men World Sin Pay Paid Brave Accomplished New World Brave New World

Book:The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated): 5 Novels & 440+ Short Stories, Complete Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings (Kim, The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Land and Sea Tales, Captain Courageous…)

Source: The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated): 5 Novels & 440+ Short Stories, Complete Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings (Kim, The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Land and Sea Tales, Captain Courageous…)

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

Sin Quiet Clever Slick

Book:Title of liberty

Source: Title of liberty

“I imagined that the priestly ceremony was perfect sanctification, and that the sin of sins was for either husband or wife to be false to that relation.”

Sin Perfect Wife Husband Relation Ceremony Sanctification

Author:Victoria Woodhull

“You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect.”

Sin Perfect Effort Ought

Book:The Way of Perfection

Source: The Way of Perfection

“What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.”

Sin Terrible Sins Not

Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“Sin is in, and so we begin.”

Author:Denis Leary

“I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.”

Book Enough Reading Sin

Book:The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

“I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of th' infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.”

Ifs World Body Sin Medicine Foul Infection

Book:As You Like it

Source: As You Like it

“One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.”

Knows Sin Murder Lust Smoke Flames Provoking

Book:The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

“Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they give their blessing to trash.”

Giving Sides Sin Taken Blessing Theater Critics Killing Enthusiasm Trash

Book:Tallulah: My Autobiography

Source: Tallulah: My Autobiography

“I think what's dangerous is the idea that someone can wash away your sins.”

Thinking Ideas Sin Dangerous Danger

Author:Bill Maher

“Anyone who is elected mayor of a place called "Sin City" is allowed to be a drunk.”

Sin Cities Drunk Mayors Sin City

Author:Bill Maher

“Yon Kippur. Greatest Jewish holiday ever. The Jewish day of attonement. You don't ear for one day, all your sins for the year are wiped clean. Beat that with your little Lent. What is Lent? Forty days of absolution. Forty days to one day. Even in sin you're paying retail.”

Years Littles Sin One Day Beats Ears Clean Holiday Forty Retail Absolution

Author:Jon Stewart

“The truth is the real Christian experience is truly about repenting every day because there is no Christian that doesn't sin.”

Real Christian Sin Truth Is Repent

Author:Stephen Baldwin

“My Obama is getting pretty good ... I think I'll vote for whoever makes my portrayal easier. It takes time to put together a comic impression. It takes time to recognize the tics. Right now, for instance, I could do a dead- on Paul Ryan and people wouldn't recognize it. Personalities take a while to sin.”

People Thinking Together Sin Personality Easier Right Now Vote Impression Instance Comic Take Time It Takes Time Portrayal Tics

Author:Dana Carvey

“It turns out that speeding irresponsibly in a large truck, placing personal wealth ahead of the welfare of others, is one of the greatest sins in the Universe.”

Turns Universe Wealth Sin Welfare Truck Speeding Personal Wealth

Book:Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel

Source: Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel

“There are certainly a lot of sins to be taken on. To take on smoking and movies is a weighty enough thing, I think, and it's one I've experienced, and it's what's caused me to live in-with my voice maimed for the rest of my life.”

Thinking Enough Voice Sin Taken Smoking

Author:Joe Eszterhas

“I shouldn't have named the chimps. It wasn't scientific. I didn't know. I knew nothing. And worse sin of all was that I was ascribing to them emotions like happiness, sadness and so forth.”

Knows Sin Emotion Sadness Happiness Sadness

Author:Jane Goodall

“I think I have quite traditional views on original sin, grace, and the real but difficult nature of we humans being able to learn something true about being human that we didn't know before. And yet the consequences of this traditional view are really quite radical.”

Thinking Knows Humans Real Able Difficult Sin Views Grace Consequence Originals Traditional Radical Being Human Original Sin

Author:James Alison

“Perhaps it had nothing to do with sin and everything to do with sociopathy, that most incurable of human disorders because all so afflicted consider themselves blessed rather than cursed.”

Humans Sin Blessed Disorder Cursed

Book:Echoes in the Darkness

Source: Echoes in the Darkness

“I have 236 movies on my queue and I feel like I should always be watching movies. Like if I wake up in the middle of the night and don't fall directly back to sleep, I'm like, 'I've been up for an hour and a half I could have watched 'Toy Story 3' by now.' In this economy it is a sin not to be watching movies when you have Netflix.”

Ifs Feels Should Stories Night Fall Hours Sleep Sin Half Economy Middle Wake Up Toys Middle Of The Night Netflix Queues Sins Not Toy Story 3

Author:Gary Gulman

“There are religions in which the representation of the world is banned as an usurpation of the power of a God, creator of all things. It is very possible that photography is a trick of the devil and each shot is a sin.”

World Sin Photography Devil Shots All Things Creator Tricks Representation Banned Usurpation

Author:Joan Fontcuberta

“So today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced, every sorrow we have ever known, every discouragement we have ever had, every fear we have ever faced-to say nothing of our resurrection from death and forgiveness for our sins. That victory is available to us because of events that transpired on a weekend precisely like this nearly two millennia ago in Jerusalem.”

Two Today Fall Sin Known Events Victory Sorrow Available Celebrate Weekend Resurrection Discouragement Jerusalem

Author:Jeffrey R. Holland

“A prayerful life is the key to possessing gratitude. We often take for granted the people who most deserve our gratitude. Let us not wait until it is too late for us to express our gratitude. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. If I gratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues. To express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.”

“It is a kind of self-projection of our sins when we insist on other people becoming good. In reality, we wish to become good, but because we are unable to, we demand it of others and insist on this.”

People Kind Self Reality Wish Sin Becoming Demand Projection

Author:Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia

“The basis of all sin is selfishness.”

Sin Bases Selfishness

Author:David O. McKay

“History has brought us to the point where the Christian message is thought to be essential concerned only with how to deal with sin: with wrongdoing or wrong-being and its effects. Life, our actual existence, is not included in what is now presented as the heart of the Christian message, or it is included only marginally.”

Heart Christian Sin Deals Existence Effects Essentials Messages Concerned Wrongdoing

Author:Dallas Willard

“The only sin is stupidity.”

Author:Oscar Wilde

“When the church finds its members falling into gross and scandalous sins, then it is time for the church to awake and cry to God for a Revival of Religion.”

Fall Church Sin Cry Members Awake Gross Revival Scandalous

Book:Lectures on Revivals of Religion

Source: Lectures on Revivals of Religion