A Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Gilbert K. Chesterton
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May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936

Submission to poverty is the unpardonable sin against the body. Submission to unhappiness is the unpardonable sin against the spirit.

Rebecca West

'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.

Brigham Young

Sincerity is all that counts. It's a widespread modern heresy. Think again. Bolsheviks are sincere. Fascists are sincere. Lunatics are sincere. People who believe the earth is flat are sincere. They can't all be right. Better make certain that you've got something to be sincere about and with.

Tom Driberg

When a sinner has any just sense of his condition, as alienated from a holy God, he will not be apt to think of the unpardonable sin.

Ichabod Spencer

Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.

Dorothy L. Sayers

I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I leave it blank.