“Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.”
“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.”
“One can convert only a sinner, never a saint.”
“Hate the sin but not the sinner.”
“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
“As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.”