Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong

Quote by Tryon Edwards

Topics: Guilt Quotes, Responsibility Quotes, Sin Quotes

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well...

Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season

Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But...

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But...

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your...

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your...

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to...

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to...

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often...

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than...

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than...

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment,...

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment,...

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide...

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.