Quotes about forgiveness
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Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
Robert Frost1874–1963In the Clearing (1962), “Forgive, O Lord”Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.
William Blake1757–1827Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
Reinhold Niebuhr1892–1971The Irony of American History (1952), p. 63Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is a permanent attitude.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Josh Billings1818–1885Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873) (p. 235)The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948“Interview to the Press” in Karachi about the execution of Bhagat Singh (23 March 1931); published in Young India (2 April 1931), reprinted in Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi Online Vol. 51
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65De Ira (On Anger); Book III, Chapter V
