Francis of Assisi Quotes

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Sin is no little thing. It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns, and pierced his heart . . . Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be ‘exceeding sinful’.

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

We must not forget that it wasn't the Jews that put him on the cross, and it wasn't the Romans. It was my sins, it was your sins, the sins of this world.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.

Sins cause harm and repentance removes the cause

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.

The Lord never came to deliver men from the consequences of their sins while yet those sins remained...Yet men, loving their sins and feeling nothing of their dread hatefulness, have, consistent with their low condition, constantly taken this word concerning the Lord to mean that he came to save them from the punishment of their sins.

When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it too.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.

To be absolved, especially if you commit a crime, there is no absolution, you must pay. But for forgiveness, with God or nature, you have to accept what you've done.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.

You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.