Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him on the subject of the Trinity. They say that God says to me, "Forgive your enemies." I say, "I do;" but he says, "I will damn mine." God should be consistent. If he wants me to forgive my enemies he should forgive his. I am asked to forgive enemies who can hurt me. God is only asked to forgive enemies who cannot hurt him. He certainly ought to be as generous as he asks us to be.

Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.

When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.

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.

God's capacity to forgive is greater than our capacity to sin; while our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. It's a message revealing the radical contrast between the sinful heart of mankind and the gracious heart of mankind's Creator.

When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins.

We are all sinners. But God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness

Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

At the end of the day, the Lord knows I have no malice in my heart. But I've got tattoos, and I still fornicate.

When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we destroy him.

Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.

Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness

It's against God's nature to remember forgiven sins

We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn from our practice of sin as best we know how, and turn to Christ by faith as our Lord and Savior.

The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: its dumb, stupid, and no fun. Some individual sins may have pleasure still attached to them because of the residual goodness of the realities they are abusing: adultery can indeed be pleasant and tying one on can amuse. But betrayal, jealousy, love grown cold, and the gray dawn of the morning after are nobody's idea of a good time.

I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this matter I cannot say, "Lord help my unbelief."

My faith reminds me that we all are sinners.

Don’t be afraid to ask God for forgiveness. He never tires of forgiving us. God is pure mercy.

Every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness. I'm a sinner. I sin every single day. But I do know that God loves me. I do know that God forgives me. It helps me in my every day life because there's nothing anyone can do to me that I can't forgive them for.

Let us not forget this word: God never ever tires of forgiving us!

God always forgives, always. But he asks that I forgive. If I don't forgive, in a certain sense I am closing the door to God's forgiveness.

Christ exhausted the cup of God’s wrath. For all who trust in Him there is nothing more in the cup. It is empty.