Mortal Sin Quotes

• Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  Believe, Doe, Sin

  St. Anthony Mary Claret “The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret”, TAN Books

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• We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it.

  Francis of Assisi

  Men, Appreciate, Soul

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Long, Grace, Sin

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• This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him; that is, when the soul is found in mortal sin, at that time, it is so monstrous and horrible to behold, that it is impossible to imagine anything equally so.

  Catherine of Genoa

  Men, Order, Soul

  Don Cattaneo Marabotto, St. Catherine of Genoa (2015). “The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa”, p.39, TAN Books

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• Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .

  Thomas Aquinas

  Sin, Ends, Mortals

  Thomas Aquinas (2003). “On Evil”, p.273, Oxford University Press

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• I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Laughing, Sin, Conscious

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• I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being.

  George Sand

  Believe, I Believe

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• I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.

  George Sand

  Love, Lying, Believe

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• Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.

  Johannes Tauler

  Fall, Grace, Demise

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• Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man

  Konrad Lorenz

  Men, Primitive Man, Vices

  Konrad Lorenz (1966). “On aggressión”

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• Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins.

  Teresa of Avila

  Determination, Advice, Mind

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.178, A&C Black

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• St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving the Creator for the sake of the creature. What punishment would that subject deserve who, while his king was giving him a command, contemptuously turned his back upon him to go and transgress his orders? This is what the sinner does; and this is punished in hell with the pain of loss, that is, the loss of God, a punishment richly deserved by him who in this life turns his back upon his sovereign good.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Kings, Pain, Loss

  Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, Aeterna Press (2016). “The Way of Salvation and of Perfection”, p.44, Aeterna Press

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• And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This the good Queen Blanche did most earnestly by St. Louis, her son: witness her oft-repeated words, "My son, I would sooner see you die than guilty of a mortal sin;" words which sank so deeply into the saintly monarch's heart, that he himself said there was no day on which they did not recur to his mind, and strengthen him in treading God's ways.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Mother, Queens, Pain

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• He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay aside the doubt; and if he has not hitherto done so, he must confess it, at least, as it is before God. But the scrupulous, who have doubts about everything, must follow another rule: they must obey their confessor. When he tells them to conquer their doubts, and to act against scruples, they should obey with exactness; otherwise they will render themselves unable and unfit to perform any spiritual exercise.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Spiritual, Exercise, Offending

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• I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as at the things not done by it. May God, in his mercy, deliver us from such great evil, for there is nothing in the whole of our lives that so thoroughly deserves to be called evil as this, since it brings endless and eternal evils in its train.

  Teresa of Avila

  Spiritual, Men, Evil

  Teresa of Avila (2013). “The Interior Castle”, p.16, Lulu.com

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• Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did not wish to deceive me, but the fact was that they knew no better. Of something which was a venial sin, they said it was no sin, and out of a very grave mortal sin they made a venial sin. This has done me such harm, that my speaking here of so great an evil, as a warning to others, will be readily understood.

  Teresa of Avila

  Evil, Soul, Wish

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• Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous, as when through excess the soul is made sick with venial sin, or through the violation and perversion of its primary end, killed by mortal sin; such perversion, detestable in proportion to its departure from the true order, being always mortal sin, for it is never lawful to exclude the primary end of marriage which is the procreation of children.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Sex, Children, Order

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• An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom, that There are only two good women in the world: one of them is dead, and the other is not to be found.

  George Augustus Henry Sala

  Italian, Men, Two

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• And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins.

  Thomas Keneally

  Thinking, Design, Church

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• While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.

  Teresa of Avila

  Real, Soul, Principles

  St. Teresa of Avila (2014). “The Interior Castle (Annotated Edition)”, p.31, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Drive-in, you guzzle gin, commit a little mortal sin.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Dating, Littles, Sin

  Song: Grapefruit Juicyfruit

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• Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

  Elmore Leonard

  Writing, Sin, Adverbs

  "Elmore Leonard's rules for writers" by Elmore Leonard, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2010.

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• No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.

  James McGreevey

  Practice, Catholic, Damnation

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• Saint Teresa, as the Roman Rota attests, never fell into any mortal sin; but still Our Lord showed her the place prepared for her in Hell; not because she deserved Hell, but because, had she not risen from the state of lukewarmness in which she lived, she would in the end have lost the grace of God and been damned.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Grace, Saint, Sin

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• When you see a condemned man on his way to the gallows, it moves you to pity. If you could do something to free him, you would do it. Well, brothers and sisters, when I see a person in mortal sin, I see someone drawing nearer with every step to the gallows of hell. And seeing him in this unhappy state, I happen to know the way to free him: that he be converted to God, ask God's pardon, and make a good confession. Woe betide me if he does not.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  Brother, Moving, Men

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