Quotes About Confession

He did not know why her presence made him confess things unconfessed in his own mind.

There's a particular kind of people I despise. Those who seek some higher purpose or 'universal goal', those who do not know what to live for, who moan that they 'must find themselves.' You hear it all around us. That seems to be the official bromide of our century. Every book you open. Every drooling self-confession. It seems to be the noble thing to confess. I think it would be the most shameful one.

even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness

The desperate violence of the way he held her, the hurting pressure of his mouth on hers, the exultant surrender of his body to the touch of hers, were not the form of a moment's pleasure— she knew that no physical hunger could bring a man to this—she knew that it was the statement she had never heard from him, the greatest confession of love a man could make .

that is the psychology of a murderer who's committed the perfect crime and then confesses because he can't bear the idea that nobody knows it's a perfect crime.

Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of Scripture -- hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.

People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.

Confession may or may not be good for the soul, but it's undoubtedly soothing to the nerves.

AMERICANS SHOULD HAVE been able to celebrate the release of 7,200 soldiers from Communist prisons after an armistice ended the fighting in Korea in July 1953. Instead they recoiled in shock. Many prisoners, it turned out, had written statements criticizing the United States or praising Communism. Some had confessed to committing war crimes. Twenty-one chose to stay behind in North Korea or China. The Pentagon announced that they were considered deserters and would be executed if found.

To resort to this action confesses the bankruptcy of our political policy vis-à-vis that country

Some New Testament writers, such as the author of Hebrews, used Platonic concepts to illustrate parallels and correspondences between the spiritual and physical worlds (Heb. 1: 1–4; 9: 1–14). The book's famous definition of Christian faith is primarily a confession of Platonic belief in the reality of the invisible realm (Heb. 11: 1–2).

In the sexual shadowland of the Nineties, commentary converges with confession.

Though truth-telling sheds no blood, it requires a painful emotional sacrifice on the part of the confessors in the form of shame, guilt, and a unilateral disarmament of their chief moral weapon, the claim to innocence.

Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began with an invitation into friendship, into creating a new community, into forming relationships based on love and service.

It's too late," she said. "Don't say that." His voice was half a whisper. "I love you, Tessa. I love you.

You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.

I'm sorry for the ducks; I love foie gras.

I was consumed by my love for Chris Colfer, and I just couldn't hold it in any longer.

Let me confess that we two must be twain, although our undivided loves are one.

Psychologically, it is important to understand that the simple fact of being interviewed and investigated has a coercive influence. As soon as a man is under cross-examination, he may become paralyzed by the procedure and find himself confessing to deeds he never did. In a country where the urge to investigate spreads, suspicion and insecurity grow.

Vinham confessar o irremediável; ele tinha lhe tirado os tampos, comido o cabaço, necessitavam casar. Quisesse ou não dona Rozilda, com ou sem maioridade, tinham de casar, Flor deixara de ser moça donzela e só o matrimônio lhe restituiria a honra agora no bucho de Vadinho.

When one confesses to an act, one ceases to be an actor in it and becomes its witness, becomes a man that observes and narrates it and no longer the man that performed it.

Ni miento ni me arrepiento

Muchas veces las confesiones de los hombres expresan más bien lo que hambrea su deseo que lo poseído y lo gozado.