Convicts Quote by Saint Basil

He that commits a sin shall find the pressing guilt lie heavy on his mind.

— Thomas Creech

Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt…

— Catherine of Genoa

“Penance should be but the means to increase virtue according to the needs of the individual, and according to what the soul sees she…

— Catherine of Siena

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.

— Vittorio Alfieri

“Whoever confesses his sins, shall obtain the mercy of God's grace.”

— Lailah Gifty, Akita

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

If thou wouldst be justified, acknowledge thine injustice. He that confesses his sin, begins his journey toward salvation. He that is sorry for it,…

— Francis Quarles

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

— 1 John 1:9

He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.

— Juvenal

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

— Anonymous

There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.

— V. S. Pritchett

“if any one shall endeavour to offer a sacrifice merely to outward appearance, unexceptionably, in due order, and according to appointment, while in his…

— The Church Fathers