Quotes About Understanding

Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.

There is nothing that in the end, cannot be forgiven.

How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

We who oppose abortion do not oppose those who have had abortions; rather, we embrace them with forgiveness and peace.

...Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving.

When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.

I learned that true forgiveness includes total acceptance.

Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn't.

Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility.

If someone has offended you, start sowing forgiveness. You may need some yourself someday.

I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.

Cats know not how to pardon.

To err is human, to forgive supine.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Know all and you will pardon all.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

When we judge, we are pushing people away; we are creating a wall, a barrier. When we forgive we are destroying barriers, we come closer to others.

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.