Seneca the Younger Quotes

Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing.

On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience.

Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.

For those of us on this planet who have never done wrong and are always right and are just down right 100% perfect all the time, life can be hard.

I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself. Until I have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.

Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.

But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who goes and sins no more!

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

Mercy can purge the soul of sin, making room for a fresh start. Truth is vital in order that we have an unvarying standard by which to determine what we are to be and to do and what we are to rid ourselves of. All the cardinal virtues, therefore, carry their own intrinsic as well as outward reward. A merciful man does do good to his own soul.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven... I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian!

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.

Children may be born angels, but with all the temptations out there in the world, it takes work to try to keep them that way.

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.