554 Quotes About Repentance

Things are likely to get tough when you decide to follow Christ. Do not panic, for after the baptism of fire comes a shower of immeasurable blessing.

Does he repent him or is there only room for his fear?

Love always precedes repentance. Divine love is a catalyst for our turning, our healing. Where fear & threat may gain our compliance, love captures our heart. It changes the heavy burden of the "have-to's" of imposed obedience to the "get-to's", a joyful response to the genuine love of God. It is in the security of this love we find Sabbath (rest).

Sacrifice is at the heart of repentance. Without deeds, your apology is worthless.

The world is existing on which basis? It is the mistake of atikraman (aggression through thoughts, speech or action). There is no problem with kraman (neutral or natural action, actions that do not have any good or bad implications), but if atikraman occurs, then you have to do ‘pratikraman’ for it.

In order to wash away past mistakes, it is necessary to have both repentance in the ‘relative’ and bliss in the ‘Real’.

A sincere apology is analogous to authentic repentance".~R. Alan Woods [2013]

A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin.

Forgiveness is telling ourselves that the ‘wrong’ that we did will not impede the ‘right’ that we can do.