Penance Quotes

You can almost create a formula for it. The greater the denial at the front end, the longer the term of penance to get free on the back side.

But penance need not be paid in suffering...It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents