All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

The Christian doctrine of sin in its classical form offends both rationalists and moralists by maintaining the seemingly absurd position that man sins inevitably and by a fateful necessity but that he is nevertheless to be held responsible for actions which are prompted by an ineluctable [inescapable] fate.

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.