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Each one of these quotes has to do with sin: both its roots and how it is to be dealt with. They outline guidelines on what to do in the face of evil while also offering the deeper meaning or nuances of sin and its nature. All of them state that sin should be dealt with not through force. Rather, sinners should be dealt with through mercy and love.

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Each one of these quotes has to do with the merciful treatment of others. Regardless of who they are or what they have done, kindness is to be given to all. Similar to other quotes, these have to do with one's character and decision-making. Before anything else, we are all human.

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All of these quotes have something to do with unhealthy and materialistic acts. These include: vanity, greed, gluttony, taking advantage of others, and lust. They warn against self-centered acts, asking people to be more focus on others. Additionally, these acts of evil are not limited to being traits of a person, but also as actions against another person.

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These quotes offer guidance and insight, mainly focused on judging others and yourself. They offer food for thought about hypocrisy or the nature of human beings as whole, saying that things are not always black and white. Additionally, these two quotes focus on the morality of a person and widens the scope of what someone should see in a person as well.

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“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.”

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Each one of these quotes teaches the reader about either themselves or others and their consciences or souls. They show certain qualities or realizations people have had about their character as a human being. This can be self-improvement or just the mere understanding of another person. However, all of them have something to do with the changing of someone as a person.

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“God became man so that man might become God.”

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“A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. ”

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“The nearer a man approaches to God, the greater sinner he sees himself to be. For the prophet Isaiah saw God, and said that he was unclean and undone.”

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“The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.”

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The abbot Pastor said, “If a man has sinned and denies it not, but says ‘I have sinned,’ scold him not, for you will break the purpose of his heart. But rather say to him, ‘Do not be sad, my brother, but watch yourself hereafter,’ and you will rouse his heart to repentance.”

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“For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force.”

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“Evil, then consists essentially in the choice of what is lower in preference to what is higher.”

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“The answer is this. The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a display the thing would have been just to appear and dazzle the beholders. But for Him Who came to heal and to teach the way was not merely to dwell here, but to put Himself at the disposal of those who needed Him, and to be manifested according as they could bear it, not vitiating the value of the Divine appearing by exceeding their capacity to receive it.”

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He also said, “The one who makes a show of his good works and publicizes them is like the one who threw seeds on the ground, ‘and the fowls of the air came and devoured them up’ [Matt 13:4]. But the one who conceals his way of life is as one who sows in a furrow in the ground and who will reap an abundant harvest.

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“This is why God has allowed you to have more: not for you to waste on prostitutes, drink, fancy food, expensive clothes, and all other kinds of indolence, but for you to distribute to those in need.”

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“No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.”

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“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.”

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“You cannot put straight in others what is warped in yourself.”

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“But first I want you to tell me this: do you know the power of love? Christ passed over all the marvelous works which were to be performed by the apostles and said, "By this shall men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another.”

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“Mercy is called by that name for this reason, that it gives even to the unworthy.”

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“The merciful man is as a harbour to those who are in need; and the harbour receives all who are escaping shipwreck, and frees them from danger, whether they be evil or good; whatsoever kind of men they be that are in peril, it receives them into its shelter. You also, when you see a man suffering shipwreck on land through poverty, do not sit in judgment on him, nor require explanations, but relieve his distress.”

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This is my favorite quote because I believe that anyone can change. Sure, some people may take more work than others to do so, but the opportunity and patience from the rest of us should be given to those who truly wish to push back their past and try to be a better person. Love, understanding, and patience is my own personal mantra, after all.

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“In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.”