To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Humanity Quotes, Justice Quotes, Sin Quotes

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the...

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your...

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...