The sin both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave us free will.

Man does not commit sin in unintentional deed,but he might be the only one that could justify it.

a sense of the love of Christ in the cross; lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.

...perhaps great sins start as simple weakness, and the consistent placing of self before others.

She liked the idea so well that she felt there must be something bordering on sin involved in it.

What was I was dying for? The sins of the past? The wrongs of the present? Did it even matter?

Man does not ask for nightmares, he does not ask to be bad. He does not will his own willfulness.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

Not doing anything is doing something and choosing to look away is a passive but no less mortal sin.

NO one can say 'NO' to sin and 'Yes' to rightousness without the help of Holy Spirit.

Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.

The Castus had become a myth to most, a shadow, but Thomas knew that every rumor was rooted in truth.

When you think of the condition the world is in now you sometimes wish that Noah had missed the boat.

There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension.--"Wanda