The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.
Sin may result from activities that begin innocently or that are perfectly legitimate in moderation, but in excess they can cause us to veer from the straight and narrow path to our destruction.
Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities.
No sin, especially no great sin, is just a harm done to the individual who commits it. I believe myself that the future of the human race is bound up with that idea. The soul that is conscious of a grievous sin is conscious of a great harm done to the community - to someone else. That common hurt should now be forgiven.
Sin is the reason we are racist, prejudiced, and lie to cover for our own.
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
The only sin is mediocrity.
There is no sin except stupidity.