"The dream is short, repentance long."
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"Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies."
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"When sins are dear to us we are too prone to slide into them again. The act of repentance itself is often sweetened with the thought that it clears our account for a repetition of the same sin."
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"Remorse is impotence; it will sin again. Only repentance is strong - it can end everything."
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"Repentance is a gift of God's grace."
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"As long as one lives he will have need of repentance."
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"Repentance is like antiseptic. You pour antiseptic onto a wound and, at first, it stings. Then it heals."
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"Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer."
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"Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance."
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"Life is a slate where all our sins are written; from time to time we rub the sponge of repentance over it so we can begin sinning again."
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"Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all."
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