J. Robert Oppenheimer, witnessing the first test of a nuclear weapon, confessed to tasting sin. But he and all his colleagues knew from the beginning what lay waiting at the end of the project. And which was the stronger flavor, the sin, or the satisfaction of having stolen fire from the gods? —Theodore Roszak More about this quote Tags: nuclear weapons gods sin Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. —Robert Orben More about this quote Tags: sin temptation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. —Walter Bagehot More about this quote Tags: sin temptation vice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you — and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us! —Fyodor Dostoyevsky More about this quote Tags: sin pride greatness animals earth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist. —Muriel Spark More about this quote Tags: love sin morality repentance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: judgement sin affection care touch Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no music like that music, no drama like the drama of the saints rejoicing, the sinners moaning, the tambourines racing, and all those voices coming together and crying holy unto the Lord. . . . I have never seen anything to equal the fire and excitement that sometimes, without warning, fill a church, causing the church, as Leadbelly and so many others have testified, to "rock. —James Baldwin More about this quote Tags: sin music church excitement drama rock and roll Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In a virtuous community, men of sense and of principle will always be placed at the head of affairs. In a declining state of public morals, men will be so blinded to their true interests as to put the incapable and unworthy at the helm. It is therefore vain to complain of the follies or crimes of a government. We must lay our hands on our own hearts and say, "Here is the sin that makes the public sin. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: sin morality government interests Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: politics sin sorrow Republicans Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All sins are attempts to fill voids. —Simone Weil More about this quote Tags: sin desire need emptiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The wages of sin are unreported. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: sin Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ignorance is not innocence but sin. —Robert Browning More about this quote Tags: innocence ignorance sin Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: sin mercy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. —Marlene Dietrich More about this quote Tags: forgiveness sin breakfast Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In art, the obvious is a sin. —Edward Dmytryk More about this quote Tags: sin art obviousness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email