Sincere Repentance

Famous quotes containing the words sincere and/or repentance:

    “Is a faith without action a sincere faith?”
    —Jean Racine (1639–1699)

    “One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and ... powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)