Sin In The World Quotes:

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Fall, Memorable, Sin, Quiz Show, Sinning

The only sin in the world is ignorance.

- Henry David Thoreau

topic: Ignorance, World, Sin, Sin In The World

God has left sin in the world in order that there may be forgiveness: not only the secret forgiveness by which He Himself cleanses our souls, but the manifest forgiveness by which we have mercy on one another and so give expression to the fact that He is living, by His mercy, in our own hearts.

- Thomas Merton

source: Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.220, Shambhala Publications

topic: Wisdom, Heart, Expression, Sin In The World

Surely it is not true blessedness to be free of sorrow while there is sorrow and sin in the world. Sorrow is a part of love and love does not seek to throw it off.

- George Eliot

topic: Love, Peace, Sorrow, Blessedness, Sin In The World

The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.

- Laird Hamilton

topic: Ocean, Surfing, Would Be, Surfer, Sin In The World

I think the greatest sin in the world is bringing children into the world.

- Margaret Sanger

source: Interview with Mike Wallace, www.hrc.utexas.edu. September 21, 1957.

topic: Children, Thinking, World, Planned Parenthood, Sin In The World

I want to continue to grow. To me, the biggest sin of all sins, is to be given a gift, a talent, because it's actually a gift from God, to take that and not cultivate it and make it grow, that's the biggest sin in the world.

- Michael Jackson

topic: Want, World, Talent, Sin In The World

Nothing works perfectly. The weather doesn't work perfectly. Because of sin in the world, nothing works perfectly. But in spite of that we can find comfort. We can find strength.

- Rick Warren

topic: Weather, World, Comfort, Finding Strength, Sin In The World

Hypocrisy is bad, but it's not the worst vice in the world. If I declared “murder is wrong” and then killed somebody, I would hope that the top count against me would be homicide, not hypocrisy. Liberal elites ' particularly in Hollywood ' believe that hypocrisy is the gravest sin in the world, which is why they advocate their own lifestyles for the entire world: Sleep with whomever you want, listen to your own instincts, be true to yourself, blah, blah, blah. Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.

- Jonah Goldberg

topic: Believe, Sleep, Hypocrisy, Blah, Sin In The World