"In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You."
- Saint Augustine
"Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark."
- Saint John Climacus
"A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how, nor is it willing, to probe with precision the depths of its own misery. It puts on a mask and avoids everything that might bring it recovery."
- Saint Faustina
"At the time of your examination beware of the devil that ties your tongue."
- Saint Josemaria Escriva
"'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more than yesterday I want to try to prove it.' But you have to cut out sin courageously from the root, as the holy Bishop of Hippo did."
- Saint Josemaria Escriva