Anselm’s view of sin



Suppose you were to find yourself in the presence of God and
someone were to give you the command: “Look in that direction.” And suppose
that, on the contrary, God were to say: “I am absolutely unwilling for you to
look.” Ask yourself in your heart what there is, among all existing things, for
the sake of which you ought to take that look in violation of God’s will.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Cur Deus Homo