It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in… — Henry M. Field Copy Share Image
Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What can be referred to as true internal penance? It is when the heart is actually burning within and One peacefully remains… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance ... some meeting, some intersection of lines; and some cowardly, hopeful… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“Divide’ a non-likable number with penance, then the answer will be ‘zero’.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The penance and renunciation that one is told to do is actually under the authority of the non-Self (parsatta). So how can… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“One may not have Gnan (Self-realization), but if he decides that he does not want to allow any “leakage” (weakness; straying away… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
No penance serves to renew them, no massive transfusions of trust. Why not even revenge can undo them, so twisted these vows… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven. There are others: innocence, but that is for little children; penance, but… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval,… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Penance does not require hair shirts today; our neighbors are hair shirts. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I just write by instinct and my screenplays are often the effort of a year-long penance on a subject. — Anoop Menon Copy Share Image
Living well has something to do with the spirituality of wholeheartedness, of seeing life more as a grace than as a penance,… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“If one can remain in peace during agitation and anxiety; that is a real true of peace.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“To remain strong in the effect as the Self (Swaparinaam) such that, ‘This is an effect of the non-Self (parparinaam) and it is not My effect;’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain. So I need to run,… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Be cautious in this Kaliyug (current time era). Endure the penance that naturally presents itself to you; do not create penance that… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
