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| Quotes about Saints and Sinners |
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde
Saintliness is also a temptation. Jean Anouilh
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths. Santayana
The ordinary life of men is like that of the saints. They all seek their satisfaction, and differ only in the object in which they place it; they call those their enemies who hinder them. Pascal
Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. George Orwell
Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. Emerson
Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Alexander Pope
I don't believe the devil would give half as much for the services of a sinner as he would for those of one of these folks that are always doing virtuous acts in a way to make them unpleasing. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sinning is the best part of repentance, and being sorry is of no consequence. Gracie Fields
A saint is a dead sinner revised and edited. Ambrose Bierce
Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner. Eric Hoffer
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees. William Cowper
“I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool” said my lawyer. I replied “Is there a difference?” Frank Lloyd Wright
My respect for Jesus Christ arises from the fact that he seems to have been the most virtuous inhabitant of Planet Earth. But even educated Christians are frustrated in their thirst for certainty about the beloved figure of Jesus because of the undeniable ambiguity of the scriptural record. Steve Allen
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. George Santayana
If religion does not make us better people, it will make us very much worse. And of all the bad men who have lived, the religious “bad man” is the worst of all. C S Lewis
There’s no saint like a reformed sinner. Mark Twain
The seven deadly sins of food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven milestones from man’s neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the milestones are lifted. George Bernard Shaw
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car mechanic. Martin Quin
Hate the sin and love the sinner. Mahatma Gandhi
The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men. Ambrose Bierce
But what my power might else exact, like one whom having into truth, by telling of it. Made such a sinner of his memory, to credit his own lie. Shakespeare
Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. Oscar Wilde
Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are invented nonsense. Hurting yourself is not sinful; just stupid. Lazarus Long
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. Anatole France
A Christian is a man who feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday. Thomas Ybarra
Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at. Josh Billings
Here lies a man with sundry flaws and numerous Sins upon his head; we buried him today because as far as we can tell, he’s dead. The epitaph of P. D. Bach
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell. St. Augustine
