"Semiramis managed to convince her husband, King Ninos of Assyria, to give up his rule and give her the sceptre of the kingdom for one day. But what was the first act of the new queen? It was to have King Ninos her husband executed and to secure her authority for life. ... Sin, being Semiramis, practices every bit of flattery to attain the consent of man, and immediately upon attaining its desire, it gains dominion, it captures and kills the rational faculty, it sets its throne upon the heart and directs all of life."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nectarios_of_Aegina
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Nectarios of Aegina
52 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Nectarios of Aegina →
Related Quotes
"Only through self-denial can we be saved."
"We renounce the law of the flesh along with the passions and desires."
"Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor is it established solely on the knowledge of man, but also upon volit…"
"Christianity ... does not demand from its followers only the knowledge and theory thereof, but also their application…"
"The Christianity in discussion is a religion which demands not only the knowledge of its theories, but also their app…"
"Christianity demands the whole man, ... to and refashion him into a new man and to breathe into him a new religious a…"
"His true followers are not those who accept the principles of Christianity in word alone and yet reject them in deeds…"
"Sin debases the divine beauty of the image of both the soul and of the body and makes it ugly and useless."
"Sin removes all compunction and makes sinners shameless for the darkening of their souls."
"The divine law was written on the heart of man because God formed his heart to be the seat of the love of the good."