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... But Thou, O Lord, whilst he was speaking, didst turn me round towards myself, taking me from behind my back where I had placed me, unwilling to observe myself, and setting me before my face, that I might see how foul I was, how crooked and defiled, bespotted and ulcerous. And I beheld and stood and aghast and whither to flee from myself I found not. And if I sought to turn mine eye from off myself, he went on with his relation, and Thou again didst set me over against myself and thrustedst me before my eyes, that I might find out my iniquity and hate it. I had known it but made as though I saw it not, winked at it, and forgot it.
taken from:
Confessions Book 8 para VII
