Elbert Hubbard on forgiveness

Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never get out of it alive.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes a day. Wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963

• Love
• Theology

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope1688–1744An Essay on Criticism (1711)In context

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.

Mark Twain1835–1910

• Virtue