George Borrow

“ I was once reading on London Bridge a book which an ancient gentlewoman, who kept the bridge, was in the habit of lending me; and there I found written, "Each one carries in his breast the recollection of some sin which presses heavy upon him. Oh, if men could but look into each other's hearts, what blackness would they find there!"'
'That's true,' said Peter. ”

“ How often have I told you that the sin of your heart is not the sin against the Holy Ghost: the sin of your heart is its natural pride, of which you are scarcely aware, to keep down which God in His mercy permitted you to be terrified with the idea of having committed a sin which you never committed.'
'Then you will still maintain,' said Peter, 'that I never committed the sin against the Holy Spirit?'
'I will,' said Winifred; 'you never committed it. How should a child seven years old commit a sin like that?'
'Have I not read my own condemnation?' said Peter. ”