Quotes about Sin
To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule. Err, fall, sin if you will, but be upright.
— Victor Hugo
No man was created good by God, nor can be made entirely bad by man.
— Victor Hugo
To be wicked does not insure prosperity.
— Victor Hugo
Sister, never a precaution on the part of the priest, against his fellow-man. That which his fellow does, God permits. Let us confine ourselves to prayer, when we think that a danger is approaching us. Let us pray, not for ourselves, but that our brother may not fall into sin on our account.
— Victor Hugo
Sin as little as possible - that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All earthly tings are subject to sin. Sin is like gravity.
— Victor Hugo
Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education; and society will answer for the obscurity it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sin will be committed. The guilty party is not he who has sinned but he who created the darkness in the first place.
— Victor Hugo
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing instruction for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. 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
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
Her guilty conscience was as vague as original sin.
— Milan Kundera
If the Savior has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has nothing in you of a saving character.
— Charles Spurgeon
The gospel frees us from demanding our own way, because nothing we desire to obtain is worth sinning against such love and kindness.
— Elyse Fitzpatrick
If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.
— Charles Spurgeon