Seneca the Younger Quotes

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

To repent of sin is as great a mark of grace as not to sin.

Confession of sins is not meritorious: to confess sins as a way of placing God in your debt is not dealing with sin; it is committing another sin. The context of all confession must be the free grace of justification.

Repentance is a sweet solace to conscience as well as the most complete atonement to the Supreme Judge of our offenses; notwithstanding, the tongue of malevolence and scurrility may be continually preparing its most poisonous ingredients for the punishment of a crime, which has already received more than half a pardon.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

One of the things that Dostoevsky talks about is that no character is too high to fall and no character is too low to be redeemed. 'Crime and Punishment' began with a person going out and consciously becoming a cold-blooded murderer, and it took 800 pages and an epilogue before the person finally asked for forgiveness.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Penitence must precede pardon.

Many without punishment, but none without sin.

What people fail to understand coughing up sin and confessing it and giving it to the only one that can remove it, for crying out loud, we're all sinners.

Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans.

Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever.

It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.

He that does not repent, sins again.