Henrik Ibsen Quotes

I know what sin is.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

Sin is still sin - no matter how you spell it.

He that does evil hates the light.

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.

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.

I think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing.

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!

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

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.

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone.

If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.

So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.

Sin carries in it its own misery.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.

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