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Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing.
East of Eden
Do not think about sin, he thought. There are enough problems now without sin. Also I have no understanding of it.
The Old Man and the Sea
If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad
Every sin provokes its punishment
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference
Sin is whatever obscures the soul
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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