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Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of read more
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.