Seneca the Younger Quotes About Sin
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
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He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it
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The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
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Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
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Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
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He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
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