Also Quote by Saint Bernard

No sin is necessarily connected with sorrow of heart, for Jesus Christ our Lord once said, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death."…

— Charles Spurgeon

It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in…

— Richard Sibbes

It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about…

— Thomas a Kempis

Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.

— Charles Spurgeon

After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.

— Arthur W. Pink

Sadness is a state of sin.

— Andre Gide

Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin.

— Mother Teresa

Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden and give…

— Pope Francis

Though you have sinned much, that is no reason why you should despair, but only why you should love much, having so much forgiven.

— George Whitefield

Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It…

— Ezra Taft Benson

My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not either arising from the repentance of a concrete sin…

— Anonymous

See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with…

— John Vianney