But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin
between myself and God.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, read more

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint;
that boasts of it, is a devil.

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is read more

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.