Fallen Man Quotes

“But in his lapsed and sinful state, man is not capable, of any by himself, either to think, to will, or to do that which is really good, but it is necessary for him to be regenerated and renewed in his intellect, affections or will, and in all his powers, by God in Christ through the Holy Spirit, that he may be qualified rightly to understand, esteem, consider, will, and perform whatever is truly good. When he is made a partaker of this regeneration or renovation, I consider that, since he is delivered from sin, he is capable of thinking, willing, and doing that which is good, but yet not without the continued aids of Divine Grace.”
― James Arminius

“All spiritual techniques seek to awaken fallen man from the dream in which he lives : he dreams continuously of individual state of being, and of the many forms through which the external world presents itself to him; he builds for himself a paradise of illusions, so as to forget the absence of God. To recover the vision of the spiritual world, the soul of man must "die" to this dream, this ceaseless flow of images which fallen man regards as normal, everyday state of his consciousness.”
― Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Science and Civilization in Islam

“Not every fallen man solicit to rise, to the bar, every fallen man solicit to revenge”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“And sincerely we're seeing
When 'sinternally' seeking
In a manner of speaking
There, in the eve of Eden
Wreaked a sea that was leaking

To where we were once but merely:

Like bodies paralyzed
- (B)Or(ed) minds buried alive -
In a loud room soundproof
Fallen short of the gory abroad before
The Lord God let us go beyond our facade”
― Criss Jami

“My voice felt cold, lovely, and alien as crystal in my throat. "Why should I help you anywhere?"
Though he was slumped against the wall now, he managed to look up at me. His catlike pupils were so dilated they looked almost human.
"Well... I did save your life." Then he doubled up in pain and slid to the floor.
As long as I could remember, the anger had writhed and clawed inside me, and no matter how much it hurt, I had choked it down. Now at last I hated someone who deserved hatred, and it felt like I was Zeus's thunder, like I was the storms of Poseidon upon the sea. I was shaking with fury, and I had never felt so glad.
"You killed my mother. You enslaved my world. And as you pointed out, I will live here as your captive till I die. Tell me, my darling lord, why should I thank you for my life?"
He was gasping and shuddering with pain, and he didn't seem to be seeing me anymore as he whispered, "Please."
I knelt over him and smiled down into his face. My body was wrapped in ice; my voice came from somewhere very far away.
"Do you think you are safe with me?"
Then I stood and walked away, leaving him all alone in the dark.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“Satan transforms himself into an angel of light. He sometimes offers to teach us humility; but though I wish to be humble, I desire not to learn in this school. His premises perhaps are true, that we are vile, wretched creatures—but he then draws abominable conclusions from them; and would teach us, that, therefore, we ought to question either the power, or the willingness, or the faithfulness of Christ.”
― John Newton