The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.

These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final read more

These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,
Whose ear is ever open, and his eye
Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.

If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be read more

If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You read more

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?

It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?

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.

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.

For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--on earth it is called Forgiveness!

For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--on earth it is called Forgiveness!