We never perceive our sins

Never let us be discouraged with ourselves; it is
not when we are conscious of our faults that we
are the most wicked: on the contrary, we are less
so. We see by a brighter light. And let us remember,
for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins
till He begin to cure them.
- François Fénelon (1651-1715),
Selections from Fénelon