| REPENTANCE - False | 悔改 - 錯謬 |
| Many persons who appear to repent are like sailors
who throw their goods overboard in a storm, and wish for them again in a clam. Thomas Fuller 許多看似悔改的人，就像風暴中將貨物拋入海中的水手，風平浪靜後卻又想取回那些貨物。 |
| He who beats his heart, but
does not mend his ways, does nor remove his sins but hardens them. Augustine 捶胸卻不改過的人，不但不能除去罪惡，反而使罪更根深蒂固。 |
| Our pride is disgusted at our faults and we mistake
this disgust for true repentance. Francois Fenelon 我們因驕傲而厭惡自己的過錯，卻誤以為這份厭惡就是悔改。 |
| Sin may be the occasion of
great sorrow, when there is no sorrow for sin. John Owen 罪雖能帶來極大的哀傷，卻未必是因罪而哀傷。 |
| The eye may be watery and the heart flinty. An
apricot may be soft without, but it has a hard stone within. Thomas Watson 眼睛或許充滿淚水，內心卻剛硬似鐵。一顆杏的果肉可能鬆軟，但果核卻是堅硬無比。 |