Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.

No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant.

Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.

Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the same thing again.

In the spiritual life we can do nothing worthy without repentance, but the Lord has much mercy on us because of our intentions. He who compels himself and holds on to repentance until the end, even if he sins is saved because he compelled himself, for the Lord promised this in the Gospel.

Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.