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- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without… — Thomas Aquinas
- We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they… — Pope Benedict XVI
- 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
- To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail. — Pope Gregory I
- There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance ... some meeting, some intersection of lines; and some cowardly, hopeful… — Wallace Stegner
- It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in… — Unknown Author
- I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It… — Pope Francis
- 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
- No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure — Murasaki Shikibu
- Tapas is not a penance, it's a mental training to develop will power — Baba Hari Dass