Who said every saint

Sign Up. Intellectual Takeout is a program of. Sign up for our Daily Digest email newsletter to receive intellectually engaging content and updates from our organization straight to your inbox. By Grayson Quay. But then, Wilde takes an unexpected turn: Of course the sinner must repent. Grayson Quay Grayson Quay is a freelance writer. Add a Comment. Join the conversation I would disagree Every sinner has a future because it is them that sabotages their lives so they always have hope, redemption, something to do, a heavy conscience, plus they don't want to think of their past and only look to what they can get next.

A saint however has records of things they have done, pains they have endured and in essence a colourful past of no regrets and intents to keep that integrity so there is no future, there is only what has been and how they performed over that time and to continue those choices in the future.

The sinner has a chance to change The saint has a chance to not The sinner has a future if he wills to The saint only has a past because he's will is already deployed and the results are already in, if the people and world around them will not change the future will be no different.

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Our Programs. Stay in the know! Every person who was made a saint was once an ordinary Joe or Mary just like the rest of us. Just this week someone sent me the following one line resumes for pastors in biblical times …. Adam: Good man, but has problems with his wife. Joseph : A big thinker, but a braggart. Interprets dreams. Has a prison record. Solomon: Great preacher, but serious woman problems. Jonah: Told us he was swallowed by a huge fish. He said the fish later spit him out on the shore near here.

We hung up. Amos: Backward and unpolished. With some seminary training, he might have promise; but he has a problem with wealthy people. Sleeps in the outdoors, has a weird diet, and provokes denominational leaders.

Paul: Powerful CEO type and fascinating preacher. Kindly let us know where you read or heard the sentence and provide us with some context. This is a quote whose original context is usually overlooked, and as a result is typically assigned a meaning directly opposite to what it really means.

The common misunderstanding is that saints or good people have sinned in the past, but have made use of God's forgiveness and have changed their lives, while sinners still have the opportunity to repent. This interpretation, however, is completely wrong. In the play, Lord Illingworth is a thoroughly amoral and dishonorable man, and in the context of the exchange in which the line appears, it is clear that Illingworth thinks that saints are fools for having given up lives centered on pleasure, while sinners -- whom he admires, and among whom he would count himself -- still have much more pleasure to look forward to.

As expressed by Lord Illingworth, the sentiment comes across as smug, condescending, and unpleasant. GreenWhiteBlue said:. Click to expand Hello these Quotes related to Oscar Wilde Quotes , hope now you understand it.