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Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

Birthname

AKA Samuel Butler

Educated At Shrewsbury School, St John's College

Nationality United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And North Ireland

Occupations Painter, Farmer, Science Fiction Writer, Novelist, Writer

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We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

— Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

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Forgiveness is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

— Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

— Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

— Thomas Szasz, A quote by Thomas Szasz

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One day I will forgive you; until then there are scabs everywhere that you have touched me.

— Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

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It seems we need someone to know us as we are - with all we have done - and forgive us. We need to tell. We need to be whole in someone’s sight: Know this about me, and yet love me. Please.

— Sue Miller, While I Was Gone

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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

— August Wilson, A quote by August Wilson

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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

— Lewis B. Smedes, Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve (Plus)

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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

— Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

— Aesop, Aesop's Fables (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

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Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

— Steve Maraboli, via Facebook

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Please tell me you forgive me. I was so awful. I love you, you know that. I would never want to hurt you, never.

— JB, A Little Life: A Novel

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The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

— Demi Lovato, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year

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Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.

— Sarah Kay, No Matter the Wreckage

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We should forgive the ones of us that are weaker and support the ones of us that are stronger.

— Dave Chappelle, The Bird Revelation

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You seem to forgive everyone everything, so once in a while, you should allow others to forgive you.

— Jude Deveraux, Temptation

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Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.

— Desmond Tutu, Exploring Forgiveness

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I’m all done with hating you. It’s all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don’t hate them very long.

— Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake

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I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment — we are all defined by something we can’t change.

— Simon Van Booy, The Illusion Of Separateness

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The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.

— Paulo Coelho, The Zahi

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None of us can take back what we’ve done in the past, the most meaningful apology is how you live the rest of your life.

— Penny Beernsten, Being Wrong

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Don’t become who hurt you.

— Julia Perluzzo, Untitled

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Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and forgiving heart. Be the one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.

— Marvin J. Ashton, The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword - Marvin J. Ashton

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I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk.

— Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

— Douglas Kennedy, The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel

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