# Quotes about sin

- Quotes: 73
- Authors: 50
- Broader topic: [Quotes about religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md)
- Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin
- JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.json

## Quotes

> A sin that's hidden is half forgiven.

[Giovanni Boccaccio](https://www.leafyquotes.com/giovanni-boccaccio.md) · [The Decameron](https://www.leafyquotes.com/giovanni-boccaccio/the-decameron.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/giovanni-boccaccio/the-decameron/a-sin-thats.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

[Victor Hugo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/victor-hugo.md) · [Les Miserables](https://www.leafyquotes.com/victor-hugo/les-miserables.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/victor-hugo/les-miserables/if-the-soul.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> This fact, that the opposite of sin is by no means virtue, has been overlooked. The latter is partly a pagan view, which is content with a merely human standard, and which for that very reason does not know what sin is, that all sin is before God. No, the opposite of sin is faith.

[Sören Kierkegaard](https://www.leafyquotes.com/soren-kierkegaard.md) · [The Sickness Unto Death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/soren-kierkegaard/the-sickness-unto-death.md) · p. 114 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/soren-kierkegaard/the-sickness-unto-death/this-fact-that.md)

Topics: [faith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/faith.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> “But of course, you don’t believe in the existence of sin, do you?”
>
> “I believe in the existence of reckless stupidity,” Rashmika replied.

[Alastair Reynolds](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds.md) · [Absolution Gap](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap.md) · p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap/but-of-course.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> To feel oneself so tiny, so fragile, so inherently losable, was at first spiritually crushing. But, by the same token, this realisation was also strangely liberating: if an individual human existence meant so little, if one’s actions were so cosmically irrelevant, then the notion of some absolute moral framework made about as much sense as the universal ether. Measured against the infinite, therefore, people were no more capable of meaningful sin—or meaningful good—than ants, or dust.
>
> Worlds barely registered sin. Suns hardly deigned to notice it. On the scale of solar systems and galaxies, it meant nothing at all. It was like some obscure subatomic force that simply petered out on those scales.

[Alastair Reynolds](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds.md) · [Absolution Gap](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap.md) · p. 84 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/alastair-reynolds/absolution-gap/to-feel-oneself.md)

Topics: [morality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/morality.md), [the universe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-universe.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> The sinner is not on the way to a Buddha-like state; he is not evolving, although our thinking cannot conceive things otherwise. No, the potential Buddha already exists in the sinner; his future is already there. The potential hidden Buddha must be recognized in him, in you, in everybody. The world, Govinda, is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a long path to perfection. No it is perfect at every moment; every sin already carries grace within it. .... The Buddha exists in the robber and dice player; the robber exists in the Brahmin. During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman. Therefore it seems to me that everything that exists is good—death as well as life, sin as well as holiness, wisdom as well as folly. Everything is necessary, everything needs only my agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with me and nothing can harm me. I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary for me to sin, that I needed lust, that I had to strive for property and experience nausea and the depths of despair in order to learn not resist them, in order to learn to love the world, and no longer compare it with some kind of desired imaginary world, some imaginary vision of perfection, but to leave it as it is, to love it and be glad to belong to it.

[Hermann Hesse](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hermann-hesse.md) · [Siddhartha](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hermann-hesse/siddhartha.md) · p. 143 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hermann-hesse/siddhartha/the-sinner-is-not.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [Buddhism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/buddhism.md)

> If sinners speak, why should the righteous listen?

[George RR Martin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin.md) · [A Feast for Crows](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-feast-for-crows.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-feast-for-crows/if-sinners-speak.md)

Topics: [pride](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pride.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Sins can be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

[George RR Martin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin.md) · [A Feast for Crows](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-feast-for-crows.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-feast-for-crows/sins-can-be-forgiven.md)

Topics: [justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/justice.md), [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation.

[Anne Brontë](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte.md) · [The Tenant of Wildfell Hall](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/anne-bronte/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall/if-i-hate.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin.

[Philip Pullman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman.md) · [Northern Lights: His Dark Materials 1](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights-his-dark-materials-1.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights-his-dark-materials-1/human-beings-cant.md)

Topics: [human nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/human-nature.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed?

[Yukio Mishima](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yukio-mishima.md) · [Confessions of a Mask](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yukio-mishima/confessions-of-a-mask.md) · p. 144 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yukio-mishima/confessions-of-a-mask/is-there-not.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [remorse](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/remorse.md)

> The only sin is selfishness.

[Iain M. Banks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks.md) · [Inversions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks/inversions.md) · p. 1 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks/inversions/the-only-sin.md)

Topics: [selfishness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/selfishness.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Unlawful pleasure, trenching on another’s rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasure—its hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave forever.

[Charlotte Brontë](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charlotte-bronte.md) · [The Professor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charlotte-bronte/the-professor.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charlotte-bronte/the-professor/unlawful-pleasure-trenching.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [pleasure](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pleasure.md)

> Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before
>
> I swore — but was I sober when I swore?
>
> And then and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand
>
> My thread-bare Penitence apieces tore.

[Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam.md) · [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam/indeed-indeed-repentance.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [alcohol](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/alcohol.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
>
> And who with Eden didst devise the Snake;
>
> For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
>
> Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give — and take!

[Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam.md) · [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam/oh-thou-who-man.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Oh Thou who didst with Pitfall and with Gin
>
> Beset the Road I was to wander in,
>
> Thou wilt not with Predestination round
>
> Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin?

[Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam.md) · [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam/oh-thou-who.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [fate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fate.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Why, be this Juice the growth of God, who dare
>
> Blaspheme the twisted tendril as a Snare?
>
> A Blessing, we should use it, should we not?
>
> And if a Curse — why, then, Who set it there?

[Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam.md) · [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/omar-khayyam/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam/why-be-this.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [alcohol](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/alcohol.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian church has a heavy account to answer. Not by combining together, to protect injustice and cruelty, and making a common capital of sin, is this Union to be saved, — but by repentance, justice and mercy; for, not surer is the eternal law by which the millstone sinks in the ocean, than that stronger law, by which injustice and cruelty shall bring on nations the wrath of Almighty God!

[Harriet Beecher-Stowe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harriet-beecher-stowe.md) · [Uncle Tom's Cabin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin/a-day-of-grace.md)

Topics: [justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/justice.md), [slavery](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/slavery.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> There is no sin inherent in any mind save the sin of pride in believing one has seen or been taught the absolute truth. The second greatest sin is refusing to search for the truth one must acknowledge one will never absolutely find.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Raising The Stones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/raising-the-stones.md) · p. 155 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/raising-the-stones/there-is-no-sin.md)

Topics: [truth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/truth.md), [pride](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pride.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> I have often wondered why anger is considered by some Western religions to be a sin. It is such a marvelous protection against evil.

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/marianne-the-magus-and-the-manticore.md) · p. 45 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/marianne-the-magus-and-the-manticore/i-have-often.md)

Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [anger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> “Oh, but I am soiled beyond all cleansing.…”
>
> “Nonsense,” said Mavin impatiently. “You are silly beyond all belief, but that is your sole sin I am aware of, young man.”

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/the-flight-of-mavin-manyshaped.md) · p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/the-flight-of-mavin-manyshaped/oh-but-i-am-soiled.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> The Accusing Spirit which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in; and the Recording Angel as he wrote it down, dropp'd a tear upon the word, and blotted it out forever.

[Laurence Sterne](https://www.leafyquotes.com/laurence-sterne.md) · [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/laurence-sterne/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/laurence-sterne/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman/the-accusing-spirit.md)

Topics: [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Nothing like other folks' sin for distraction.

[Toni Morrison](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison.md) · [Paradise](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison/paradise.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/toni-morrison/paradise/nothing-like-other.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [gossip](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/gossip.md)

> Of the seven deadly sins, lust is definitely the pick of the litter.

[Tom Robbins](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-robbins.md) · [Skinny Legs and All](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-robbins/skinny-legs-and-all.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tom-robbins/skinny-legs-and-all/of-the-seven.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [sexual desire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sexual-desire.md)

> I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth, to that reason which ought to guide them in such cases - viz. they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent. Not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which can only make them be esteemed wise men.

[Daniel Defoe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe.md) · [Robinson Crusoe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe/robinson-crusoe.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe/robinson-crusoe/i-have-since.md)

Topics: [youth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/youth.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [shame](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/shame.md)

> And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true sense of things, they will find deliverance from sin a much greater blessing than deliverance from affliction.

[Daniel Defoe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe.md) · [Robinson Crusoe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe/robinson-crusoe.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe/robinson-crusoe/and-i-add.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> So long as we carry about with us this frail body, we cannot be without sin, we cannot live without weariness and trouble.

[Thomas Kempis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis.md) · [The Imitation of Christ](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis/the-imitation-of-christ.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis/the-imitation-of-christ/so-long-as-we-carry.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Repent!—that is the idlest word in our language.

[Edward George Bulwer-Lytton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-george-bulwer-lytton.md) · [Paul Clifford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-george-bulwer-lytton/paul-clifford.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-george-bulwer-lytton/paul-clifford/repent-that-is-the.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays. (p. 282)

[Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md) · [Witches Abroad](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad/the-wages-of-sin.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [morality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/morality.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> "Down there," he said, "are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any iniquity. All out of a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathesomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. Sin, you might say, without a trace of originality. They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don't say no." (p. 337)

[Terry Pratchett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett.md) · [Guards! Guards!](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/guards-guards.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/guards-guards/down-there-he-said.md)

Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [indifference](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/indifference.md)

> And at times I'm tempted to think that our way and the Kirk's way is not God's way, for we're apt to treat the natural man as altogether corrupt, and put him under over-strict pains and penalties, whereas there's matter in him that might be shaped to the purposes of grace. If there's original sin, there's likewise original innocemce.

[John Buchan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-buchan.md) · [Witch Wood](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-buchan/witch-wood.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-buchan/witch-wood/and-at-times.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> O God, make me good, but not yet

[Evelyn Waugh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh.md) · [Brideshead Revisited](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/brideshead-revisited.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/evelyn-waugh/brideshead-revisited/o-god-make.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin.

[Gene Wolfe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gene-wolfe.md) · [The Claw Of The Conciliator](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gene-wolfe/the-claw-of-the-conciliator.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gene-wolfe/the-claw-of-the-conciliator/that-we-are.md)

Topics: [human nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/human-nature.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.

[Robert Penn Warren](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-penn-warren.md) · [All the King's Men](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-penn-warren/all-the-kings-men.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-penn-warren/all-the-kings-men/man-is-conceived.md)

Topics: [life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> If people only react to the way that others treat them, then nobody is responsible for anything. If your sins are not your own to choose, then how can you repent?

[Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md) · [Speaker for the Dead](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead/if-people-only.md)

Topics: [responsibility](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/responsibility.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> I’m not one to despise other people for their sins. I haven’t found one yet, that I didn’t say to myself, I’ve done worse than this.

[Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md) · [Speaker for the Dead](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead/im-not-one.md)

Topics: [humility](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humility.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> My heart's so harden'd, I cannot repent.

[Christopher Marlowe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe.md) · [Doctor Faustus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe/doctor-faustus.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe/doctor-faustus/my-hearts-so-hardend.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> If we say that we have no sin
>
> We deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.
>
> Why then, belike, we must sin,
>
> And consequently die.
>
> Ay, we must die an everlasting death.

[Christopher Marlowe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe.md) · [Doctor Faustus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe/doctor-faustus.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe/doctor-faustus/if-we-say.md)

Topics: [death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Accursed Faustus, wretch, what hast thou done?
>
> I do repent, and yet I do despair.
>
> Hell strives with grace for conquest in my breast.
>
> What shall I do to shun the snares of death?

[Christopher Marlowe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe.md) · [Doctor Faustus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe/doctor-faustus.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-marlowe/doctor-faustus/accursed-faustus-wretch.md)

Topics: [despair](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/despair.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> "Well," said Casy, "for anybody else it was a mistake, but if you think it was a sin—then it's a sin. A fella builds his own sins right up from the groun'."

[John Steinbeck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck.md) · [The Grapes of Wrath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath.md) · p. 235 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-steinbeck/the-grapes-of-wrath/well-said-casy.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> You may not hold me guilty of sins committed in dreams.

[Robert Silverberg](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg.md) · [A Time of Changes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/a-time-of-changes.md) · p. 25 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/a-time-of-changes/you-may-not.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [dreams](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/dreams.md)

> I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful?

[Robert Silverberg](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg.md) · [Nightwings](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/nightwings.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/nightwings/i-find-the.md)

Topics: [curiosity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/curiosity.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Man is not entirely an animal. He aspires to a spiritual vision, which is the vision of the whole truth. This gives him the highest delight, because it reveals to him the deepest harmony that exists between him and his surroundings. It is our desires that limit the scope of our self-realisation, hinder our extension of consciousness, and give rise to sin, which is the innermost barrier that keeps us apart from our God, setting up disunion and the arrogance of exclusiveness. For sin is not one mere action, but it is an attitude of life which takes for granted that our goal is finite, that our self is the ultimate truth, and that we are not all essentially one but exist each for his own separate individual existence.

[Rabindranath Tagore](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rabindranath-tagore.md) · [Sadhana](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rabindranath-tagore/sadhana.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/rabindranath-tagore/sadhana/man-is-not.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [spirituality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/spirituality.md)

> "Fool!" said the Professor, who had been growing very hot, and was now at the boil. "Do you imply that the sins of the mind are trivial and the sins of the flesh important? What kind of an idiot are you?"

[Robertson Davies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robertson-davies.md) · [The Salterton Trilogy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robertson-davies/the-salterton-trilogy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robertson-davies/the-salterton-trilogy/fool-said-the.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Time Enough For Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love.md) · p. 352 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love/sin-lies-only.md)

Topics: [morality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/morality.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> The second most preposterous notion is that copulation is inherently sinful.

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Time Enough For Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love.md) · p. 248 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love/the-second-most.md)

Topics: [sex](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sex.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> There never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it.

[Neil Gaiman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman.md) · [Good Omens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/good-omens.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/good-omens/there-never-was.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> So that every Crime is a sinne; but not every sinne a Crime.

[Thomas Hobbes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hobbes.md) · [Leviathan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hobbes/leviathan.md) · p. 151 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hobbes/leviathan/so-that-every.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [crime](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/crime.md)

> There are lots of good anecdotes about the bomb and Father ... For instance, do you know the story about Father on the day they first tested a bomb out at Alamagordo? After the things went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?'

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md) · [Cat's Cradle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/cats-cradle.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/cats-cradle/there-are-lots.md)

Topics: [science](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/science.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [nuclear weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/nuclear-weapons.md)

> He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb.md) · [Antifragile](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/antifragile.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/antifragile/he-who-has.md)

Topics: [trust](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/trust.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> What a silly god, he makes everybody born bad to go to burning hell. Why so mad? All his fault!

[Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md) · [Red Prophet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/red-prophet.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/red-prophet/what-a-silly.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle.md) · [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes.md) · p. 323 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/the-lowest-and.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [crime](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/crime.md)

> “Explain it,” Hamilton muttered. “This place—this bar. Why doesn’t God erase it? If this world operates by moral laws—”
>
> “This bar is necessary to the moral order. This is a sinkpit of corruption and vice, a fleshpot of iniquity. You think salvation can function without damnation? You think virtue can exist without sin? That’s the trouble with you atheists; you don’t grasp the mechanics of evil. Get on the inside and enjoy life, man. If you’re one of the Faithful, you’ve got nothing to worry about.”
>
> “Opportunist.”
>
> “Bet your sweet soul.”

[Philip K. Dick](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick.md) · [Eye In The Sky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/eye-in-the-sky.md) · p. 66 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-k-dick/eye-in-the-sky/explain-it-hamilton.md)

Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.

[Herman Melville](https://www.leafyquotes.com/herman-melville.md) · [Moby-Dick](https://www.leafyquotes.com/herman-melville/moby-dick.md) · p. 48 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/herman-melville/moby-dick/in-this-world.md)

Topics: [poverty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/poverty.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Brothers, have no fear of men's sin. Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth. Love all God's creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you have perceived it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day, and you will come at last to love the world with an all-embracing love. Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and untroubled joy. So do not trouble it, do not harass them, do not deprive them of their joy, do not go against God's intent. Man, do not exhale yourself above the animals: they are without sin, while you in your majesty defile the earth by your appearance on it, and you leave the traces of your defilement behind you — alas, this is true of almost every one of us! Love children especially, for like the angels they too are sinless, and they live to soften and purify our hearts, and, as it were, to guide us. Woe to him who offends a child.
>
> My young brother asked even the birds to forgive him. It may sound absurd, but it is right none the less, for everything, like the ocean, flows and enters into contact with everything else: touch one place, and you set up a movement at the other end of the world. It may be senseless to beg forgiveness of the birds, but, then, it would be easier for the birds, and for the child, and for every animal if you were yourself more pleasant than you are now. Everything is like an ocean, I tell you. Then you would pray to the birds, too, consumed by a universal love, as though in ecstasy, and ask that they, too, should forgive your sin. Treasure this ecstasy, however absurd people may think it.

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky.md) · [The Brothers Karamazov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/the-brothers-karamazov.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/the-brothers-karamazov/brothers-have-no-fear.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [animals](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/animals.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Do you know that ages will pass and mankind will proclaim in its wisdom and science that there is no crime and, therefore no sin, but that there are only hungry people. "Feed them first and then demand virtue of them!" — that is what they will inscribe on their banner which they will raise against you and which will destroy your temple.

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky.md) · [The Brothers Karamazov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/the-brothers-karamazov.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/the-brothers-karamazov/do-you-know.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [hunger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hunger.md)

> There is no sin, and there can be no sin on all the earth, which the Lord will not forgive to the truly repentant! Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God. Can there be a sin which could exceed the love of God?

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky.md) · [The Brothers Karamazov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/the-brothers-karamazov.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/the-brothers-karamazov/there-is-no-sin.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [forgiveness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/forgiveness.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky.md) · [Crime And Punishment](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment/your-worst-sin.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [betrayal](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/betrayal.md)

> Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,
>
> Guilty of dust and sin.
>
> But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack
>
> From my first entrance in,
>
> Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
>
> If I lacked any thing.

[George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md) · [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/love-bade-me-welcome.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
>
> Though foolishly he lost the same,
>
> Decaying more and more,
>
> Till he became
>
> Most poor:
>
> With thee
>
> O let me rise
>
> As larks, harmoniously,
>
> And sing this day thy victories:
>
> Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

[George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md) · [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/lord-who-createdst.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> I cannot skill of these thy ways.
>
> Lord, thou didst make me, yet thou woundest me;
>
> Lord, thou dost wound me, yet thou dost relieve me:
>
> Lord, thou relievest, yet I die by thee:
>
> Lord, thou dost kill me, yet thou dost reprieve me.But when I mark my life and praise,
>
> Thy justice me most fitly praise:
>
> For, I do praise thee, yet I praise thee not:
>
> My prayers mean thee, yet my prayers stray:
>
> I would do well, yet sin the hand hath got:
>
> My soul doth love thee, yet it loves delay.
>
> I cannot skill of these my ways.

[George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md) · [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/i-cannot-skill.md)

Topics: [god](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [prayer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/prayer.md)

> There are two classes of people in this world, those who sin, and those who are sinned against; if a man must belong to either, he had better belong to the first than to the second.

[Samuel Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-butler.md) · [The Way of All Flesh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-butler/the-way-of-all-flesh.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-butler/the-way-of-all-flesh/there-are-two.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Sin and love and fear are just sounds that people who never sinned nor loved nor feared have for what they never had and cannot have until they forget the words.

[William Faulkner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner.md) · [As I Lay Dying](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/as-i-lay-dying.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/as-i-lay-dying/sin-and-love.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md), [fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fear.md), [words](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/words.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

[William Faulkner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner.md) · [As I Lay Dying](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/as-i-lay-dying.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/as-i-lay-dying/people-to-whom.md)

Topics: [words](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/words.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [salvation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/salvation.md)

> Let us lay it down as an incontrovertible rule that the first impulses of nature are always right; there is no original sin in the human heart, the how and why of the entrance of every vice can be traced. The only natural passion is self-love or selfishness taken in a wider sense. This selfishness is good in itself and in relation to ourselves; and as the child has no necessary relations to other people he is naturally indifferent to them; his self-love only becomes good or bad by the use made of it and the relations established by its means.

[Jean Jacques Rousseau](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau.md) · [Emile; or On Education](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau/emile-or-on-education.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau/emile-or-on-education/let-us-lay.md)

Topics: [children](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/children.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [self-love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-love.md)

> The real sin — perhaps it is a sin against the Holy Ghost for which there is no remission — is the sin of heresy, the sin of thinking for oneself. The saying has been heard before now, here in Spain, that to be a liberal — that is, a heretic — is worse than being an assassin, a thief, or an adulterer. The gravest sin is not to obey the Church, whose infallibility protects us from reason.

[Miguel de Unamuno](https://www.leafyquotes.com/miguel-de-unamuno.md) · [Tragic Sense of Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/miguel-de-unamuno/tragic-sense-of-life.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/miguel-de-unamuno/tragic-sense-of-life/the-real-sin.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [obedience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/obedience.md), [the church](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/the-church.md)

> In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by any virtues: abuse of confidence and informing.

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jorge-luis-borges.md) · [Ficciones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jorge-luis-borges/ficciones.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jorge-luis-borges/ficciones/in-adultery-there.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [betrayal](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/betrayal.md)

> What one man does is something done, in some measure, by all men. For that reason a disobedience committed in a garden contaminates the human race; for that reason it is not unjust that the crucifixion of a single Jew suffices to save it.

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jorge-luis-borges.md) · [Ficciones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jorge-luis-borges/ficciones.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jorge-luis-borges/ficciones/what-one-man.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [salvation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/salvation.md)

> This looking and not seeing things was a great sin, I thought, and one that was easy to fall into. It was always the beginning of something bad and I thought that we did not deserve to live in the world if we did not see it.

[Ernest Hemingway](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway.md) · [True At First Light](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway/true-at-first-light.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway/true-at-first-light/this-looking-and.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md), [attention](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/attention.md)

> The safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

[C. S. Lewis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/c-s-lewis.md) · [The Screwtape Letters](https://www.leafyquotes.com/c-s-lewis/the-screwtape-letters.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/c-s-lewis/the-screwtape-letters/the-safest-road.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Her rash hand in evil hour
>
> Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat:
>
> Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat,
>
> Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe
>
> That all was lost.

[John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md) · [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost/her-rash-hand.md)

Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
>
> Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
>
> Brought death into the world, and all our woe,
>
> With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
>
> Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,

[John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md) · [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost/of-mans-first.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> The fire from heaven had fallen on this Sodom in the bowels of the earth where long ago pit girls committed untold abominations, and it had fallen so swiftly that they had not had time to come up, so that to this very day they were still burning down in this hell.

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Topics: [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)