The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
When your sin is exposed, you will run toward confession and forgiveness or self-righteousness and self-justification. — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection. — Marlon Riggs Copy Share Image
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
You've got to understand that it took guts... to tell you exactly how I felt. But I know you don't understand &… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He had never missed God or the hope of heaven, but he had dearly wanted confession to rest his mind, Communion to… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Right words make all of us feel falsely important. Right action keeps all of us forever beginners.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
All nights are sacred nights to make confession and resolve and prayer; all days are sacred days to wake new gladness in… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
Vanity, or to call it by a gentler name, the desire of admiration and applause, is, perhaps, the most universal principle of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“You have only one life , you can create your hereafter with confession .” — Adewale Osunsakin Copy Share Image
It is a matter of fact; I approached without a preconceived idea, too ready to declare, if the experiment had imposed upon… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Why should something so easy be so hard to do!? It's getting stronger you know!.. — Mitchelle Suico Copy Share Image
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. Spicy court-memoirs, the lives of gallant ladies, recollections of an ex-nun,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
When depression or suicidal thoughts weigh heavily, the hardest thing to do is to fight. My battle weapons are the Word of… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
There exists a "fear of freedom" of selfhood, which makes people want to submerge themselves in the mass and confession is one… — James A.C. Brown Copy Share Image
Candor toward a brother must not be mistaken for confession. The latter is made to the Lord of heaven and earth in… — Brother Roger Copy Share Image
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. — Dorothy Dix Copy Share Image
Personally, I am thrilled that I can now let my characters clasp a rosary, mention confession or invoke the intercession of a… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
