554 Quotes About Repentance

One of the big lies with sin is that we are already waist-deep and might as well just plunge in.

Their guilt plus their repentance should have equalled forgiveness. But they don’t feel forgiven, so they failed, which makes them feel guilty, which was why they repented in the first place, so they’re stuck right where they started: Guilty.

One only has the authority (right) of the intent [bhaav-satta] of doing pratikraman and praktykhyan.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth?--"Wanda

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

The request for mercy is a prerequisite for forgiveness.

She spoke kindly to her, and said, "He who repents his sin and acknowledges it, is forgiven." Then she gave her the three children, untied her tongue, and granted her happiness for her whole life.