Sin is a weed.

Sin is a weed. It starts out small and subtle. But left unattended it becomes an infestation and covers everything.

We have traditions that preserve mankind. Our parents have taught us certain truths, certain commandments; we, in turn, teach them to our children. If we do not teach them, soon comes "the detail of the sinning and the denial of sin."

The moral tradition of the human race is never secure. It is active, hard work. We can never take it for granted.

As the Russian Chesterton scholar Ekaterina Volokhonskaia says, "It is not the moral tradition that keeps us, it is we who keep (or do not keep) it."

Words are deeds. Sins are weeds.

Paraphrased from:
Common Sense 101, Lessons from GK Chesterton, Dale Alquist