All philosophy is a form of confession. ~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche

Confession, alas, is the new handshake. ~ Richard Dean Rosen

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but... nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the depth of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

To deny all is to confess all. ~ Spanish Proverb

Psychaiatrist realize that there are curative powers in confession. ~ Billy Graham

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. ~ La Rouchefouchauld

A clean confession, combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest type of repentance. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. ~ Joni Mitchell

The real mystery is this strange need. Why can't we just hide it and shut up? Why do we have to blab? Why do human beings need to confess? ~ Ted Hughes

Should we all confess our sins to one another, we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality. ~ Kahlil Gibran