“Holy Crap,' Carolli said. 'You shot Jesus. That's gonna take a lot of Hail Marys.” — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
“Divide’ a non-likable number with penance, then the answer will be ‘zero’.” — Dada Bhagwan 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
'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it's penance, it's redemption, it's a sweaty… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
“It would be one kind of penance. And there are never enough kinds. Not for him. Not for me. And certainly not… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting. — Mahavira Copy Share Image
“(b) That the external penance of the Romanist is an impertinent attempt to supplement the perfect satisfaction of Christ;” — Archibald Alexander Hodge Copy Share Image
Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I am inclined to believe that one who is a coward will be born after death as an insect or a worm,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Penance is a sacrifice, a voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
“What is the meaning of difference of opinions? It is to clash (bump) with a wall. If we hit our head, is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Since the Fall, man had accepted labor as a penance and for its power to work redemption. It was not a law… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
As Christians, our duty is to pray for them and ask the Lord to give them the grace of penance, so that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The result of external penance and renunciation is worldly life, meaning that one acquires material pleasures and gradually one even attains the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance, said the Ellen Ward of my dream, that woman I hate… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Told often enough that they are the source of sin, women may well begin feeling guilty as they accept the necessity for… — Sandra M. Gilbert Susan Gubar Copy Share Image
I do not know what might be the most fitting description… I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We must suffer. Our five sense are dulled by inordinate pleasure. Penance makes them keen, gives them back their natural vitality, and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“In all outward aspects he remained patient and mild now, not caring even to speak against heretics; he knew that he was… — Ackroyd Peter Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that although they have a respectable sales pitch, this business of a priest having the power to let… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
He could hardly imagine anymore what his life would be without the weight of his hidden knowledge. He'd come to think of… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
Penance does not require hair shirts today; our neighbors are hair shirts. — Fulton J. Sheen 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
If there is any justice in this world, to be a White Sox fan frees a man from any other form of… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
“The faithful of to-day should try by a more ardent contrition to make up for the enforced mildness of the Church in… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
You have to do your First Penance before your First Holy Communion. You're really young. What do you know? You've got nothing… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The Raven's house is built with reeds, — Sing woe, and alas is me! And the Raven's couch is spread with weeds,… — Thomas D Copy Share Image
Through the oncoming storm and the days past its wake, spending the eternity it takes to to serve my penance. No wrong… — Leilani Spencer-Goodsir Copy Share Image
“We believe that this is ‘our’ home and ‘our’ family. No, it is a ‘shop’ for us to settle our karmas. It… — 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
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
“many do not advance in the Christian progress because they stick in penances, and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Everyone has a need to do penance. It's a basic need, like washing. It's about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It's… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
“Tattooists are the new priests for the fucked-up and the thrown away. They speak the language of symbol, and administer penance in… — Skyler White Copy Share Image
“We're still dealing with the consequences of our actions. The people you drag down with you never go away. You have to… — Angie McKeon Copy Share Image
