“It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it.” AbleDifficultSinCasesSorrowResolveAffectedRemorse Author:Thomas a Kempis
“True conviction of sin--how difficult it is, when its appearances and modes of life are so fair, when it twines itself so cunningly about, or creeps so insidiously into, our amiable qualities, and sets off its internal disorders by so many outward charms and attractions.” DifficultSinQualityFairsConvictionAppearanceAttractionCharmInternalsDisorderCreepsAmiable Book:The New Life Source: The New Life
“If any has stumbled in his journey, there is a way back. The process is called repentance. Our Savior died to provide you and me that blessed gift. Though the path is difficult, the promise is real: 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow' (Isaiah 1:18).” IfsWayRealProcessDifficultSinWhitePathJourneyPromiseDiedBlessedSnowRepentanceSaviorScarlet Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.” PeopleMayWarDifficultSinPrayingBeatsForgivingForgive MeForgive Yourself Author:Alexander Payne
“Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains and will ever remain, so long as man retains unchanged the will to sin, or is intent upon committing it.” MenLongDifficultSinForgivenessRemainsGuiltCommittedPerilPenancePenitence Book:The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa Source: The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa