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

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

The educated minority, although no longer believing in the existing religious teaching, still pretend to...

The educated minority, although no longer believing in the existing religious teaching, still pretend to...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

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...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

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...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then...

If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then...

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...

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...

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...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...