Sigrid Undset Quotes

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm.

There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are responsible for.

Sin we have explain'd away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.

We've all made bad decisions, but they haven't always been resulting in the deaths of innocent people.

Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.

It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

Adam was the author of sin, and I wish he had taken out an international copyright on it.

He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do; or omits what he ought to do, he is chargeable with sin

People who have lust in their heart as just as guilty as those who commit adultery.

Sin will usher in the greatest and the saddest losses that can be upon our souls.

I sin like crazy, but I protect my people.

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.

Oh people, know that you have committed great sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you!

After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?

Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.

It is not possible that a just God should forgive people who are wicked because another person who was good endured agony by being nailed to a cross.

A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.

A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.

You know, as I've grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don't think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.