Quotes About Forgiveness

I forgive them their unhappiness, I forgive them for walking out of the world. But I don't forgive them for turning their faces away, for taking off their veils and dancing for death — for hurtling toward oblivion on the sharp blades of their exquisite poems, saying: this is the way.

The Ice Wizard had a younger sister who loved him more than anything in the world. One day they fought over something foolish. He lost his temper and told her to leave him alone forever. She ran down to the sea in tears. There she found a flock of swan maidens. They gave her a white feathered dress. She put on the dress and became a swan maiden herself. She flew

There are lies and lies. Now and then the Great Recorder must put one on the credit side of the balance, one that has saved intolerable suffering, or has made well and happy a sick soul.

once I falsely hoped to meet the beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding.

Enter the house of mourning, my friend, but with kindness and affection for those who love you, and not with hatred for your enemies.

Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me?

For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator toward his creature were, and that i ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness.

Ah! it is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace.

It is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.

Oh, Frankenstein, non essere equo con gli altri unicamente per calpestare me a cui maggiormente devi non solo giustizia, ma an- che clemenza e affetto. Sono tua creatura, ricordalo: avrei dovuto essere il tuo Adamo, e sono invece l'angelo caduto che tu hai allon tanato dalla gioia senza colpa alcuna da parte sua. Dappertutto ve- do benedizioni dalle quali io solo sono irrevocabilmente escluso. Ero buono: la miseria ha fatto di me un demone. Rendimi felice, e io sarò di nuovo virtuoso.

I remembered Adam's supplication to his Creator. But where was mine? He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him.

I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope. But my heart sank within me as with bitter sickness, and I refrained. I

Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere

God blesses all things, she thought, and he will also bless me. Much wrong have I done, but love pure and disinterested is in my heart, and I shall be repaid.

Time spent looking back in anger is time wasted.

Escúchame, Frankenstein. Me acusas de asesinato; y sin embargo destruirías, con la conciencia tranquila, a tu propia criatura. ¡Loada sea la eterna justicia del hombre! Pero no pido que me perdones; escúchame y luego, si puedes, y si quieres, destruye la obra que creaste con tus propias manos.

Ah! It is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace. The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.

Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, or even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam,; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Every where I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.

Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.

Remember, that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.

Miro las manos que jecutaron los crímenes... pienso en el espíritu que los proyectó y ansío que llegue el momento en que esas manos cubran mis ojos, en que ese espíritu no piense más. [...] Así hallaré mi felicidad.

Once I falsely hoped to meet with beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding.

How others behave toward you should not affect your behavior toward them. You must not answer arrogance with arrogance. You must not answer sarcasm with sarcasm. You must not answer contempt with contempt. No matter how others behave toward you, always respond with warm love and a caring heart.

Don't harm yourself or others by unnecessarily exaggerating errors you or others made. Instead, exaggerate and praise the smallest good deed, whether it's yours or another's. Then people will overlook your errors and recognize your smallest good deed.