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Original sin is the proclivity to say my will be done instead of thy will be done.

Original sin is the proclivity to say "my will be done" instead of "thy will be done."

Peter Kreeft
Done, Sin, Originals

Without that freedom to sin there is also no freedom to love.

Peter Kreeft
Love, Sin

We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays.

Peter Kreeft
Pay, Sin, Bargains
Peter Kreeft (2009). “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Heaven: But Never Dreamed of Asking”, p.145, Ignatius Press

Only saints can save the world. And only our own sins can stop us from being saints.

Peter Kreeft
Saint, World, Sin

Sin has made us stupid, so that we can only learn the hard way.

Peter Kreeft
Stupid, Way, Sin

No emotion, merely as an emotion, is a sin, because we cannot directly control the arising of an emotion in our soul.

Peter Kreeft
Soul, Emotion, Sin
Peter Kreeft (2016). “Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion”, p.82, Ignatius Press

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