Mark Twain Quotes

I've never thought about it before, but I suppose bad people might need someone to pray to, too.

Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy.

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.

I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell.

'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.

We need Grace and forgiveness.

Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil.

No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin.

if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us, if we go to hell, as we have unconfessed sins on our consciences.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

My father was a clergyman and always said: 'Hate the sin but love the sinner.'

I have been a man of great sins, but He has been a God of great mercies; and now, through His mercies, I have a conscience as sound and quiet as if I had never sinned.

All right, then, I'll go to hell.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

Jesus, Son of the Eternal God, have mercy on me.