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To say that a man is sinful because he sins is to give an operational definition of sin. To say that he sins because he is sinful is to trace his behavior to a supposed inner trait. But whether or not a person engages in the kind of behavior called sinful depends upon circumstances which are not mentioned in either question. The sin assigned as an inner possession (the sin a person "knows") is to be found in a history of reinforcement.
— B. F. Skinner
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We have nothing to do, but to choose what is right, to be steady in the pursuit of it, and leave the issue to Providence.
— Samuel Richardson
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