Thomas a Kempis Quotes About Sin

Quotes about: Sin

• Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily sin. But if we judge ourselves our labour is always to our profit.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Spiritual, Judging, Judgement

• The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Happiness, Time, Reflection

• In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboreth to good purpose.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

• I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Sin, Feels, Know How

  'De Imitatione Christi' bk. 1, ch. 1, sect. 3

• He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Heart, Punishment, Perfect

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.244, Cosimo, Inc.

• Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!

  Thomas a Kempis

  Long, Age, Add

• It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Sorrow, Able, Sin

• He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Littles, Faults, Sin

  Thomas a Kempis (2013). “The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music”, p.68, Cambridge University Press

• I can take credit for only two things: pride and sin.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Pride, Two, Credit

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