Sin

Sin

In Abrahamic contexts, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything within individuals that violates the ideal relationship between them and God.

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Famous quotes containing the word sin:

    “Most Gracious Queen, we thee implore
    To go away and sin no more,
    But if that effort be too great,
    To go away at any rate.”
    —Anonymous. “On Queen Caroline,” in Diary and Correspondence of Lord Colchester (1861)

    “The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone’s life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.”
    —Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)

    “Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth!
    Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)