Penance

"Only the penitent man will pass."

"The law can never save us; and he is nearest to the forgiveness of the gospel who, with a contrite heart, discerns most clearly and feels most profoundly that perfection of the Divine statute which impeaches and condemns him."

"Christian penitence is something more than a thought or an emotion or a tear; it is action."

"The man hath penance done, And penance more will do."

"Know what your sin is and confess it; but do not imagine that you have approved yourself a penitent by confessing sin in the abstract."

"We hear the wail of the remorseful winds In their strange penance. And this wretched orb Knows not the taste of rest; a maniac world, Homeless and sobbing through the deep she goes."

"Prostrate, dear Jesus, at Thy feet, A guilty rebel lies; And upwards, to Thy mercy-seat, Presumes to lift his eyes."

"A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course; Also pleasant, when God is delivering me. Pleasant, the carousal that hinders not mental exertion; Also pleasant, to drink together about horns."

"My only crime was being a man and living in the world of men, and you don't have to do special penance for that. The crime and the penance, in that case, coincide perfectly. They are identical."

"One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before."