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"With a little time, and a little more insight, we begin to see both ourselves and our enemies in humbler profiles. We are not really as innocent as we felt when we were first hurt. And we do not usually have a gigantic monster to forgive; we have a weak, needy, and somewhat stupid human being. When you see your enemy and yourself in the weakness and silliness of the humanity you share, you will make the miracle of forgiving a little easier." - Lewis B. Smedes.
"When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it." - Lewis B. Smedes.
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi.
"The course of true love never did run smooth." - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I:1.
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart ... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." - Carl Jung.
"Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love."
- William Shakespeare, Lord Polonius, Hamlet II:2.
"When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it." - Lewis B. Smedes.
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi.
"The course of true love never did run smooth." - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I:1.
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart ... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." - Carl Jung.
"Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love."
- William Shakespeare, Lord Polonius, Hamlet II:2.