Eoin Colfer Quotes

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

I feel like I was transformed by the kindness of people who had every reason to show me cruelty and the transformative power of their decision to treat me like a human being, that was so huge, that anytime somebody wants me to talk about that I feel like I absolutely want to do that.

Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're capable of very decent things: love, loyalty. When time is running out, they don't care about possessions or status. They want to put things right if they've done wrong.

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

Having gone through what I went through, watching my family be torn to shreds and my children suffer immensely, I can't be the agent of doing that to someone else. I can't be the agent of causing someone to go to prison.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

I'm terrified of getting what I'm not deserving of, feeling that I've got something for nothing... at the expense of brilliant starving writers all over the world. But I have to hope these people who are helping me have integrity.

It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibility.

I really do believe that no one is too pious to fall or too far gone to be redeemed in some way. Jaime Lannister on 'Game of Thrones' did terrible things, and now I feel so bad for him because his sister won't kiss him. Isn't that weird? Does she not love him? He lost a hand! It kills me that I care.

From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person.

'Thank you' is often an admission that you needed something that wasn't being fulfilled or you couldn't do on your own, so you needed someone else. There is also guilt. We think, 'Well, too much time has gone by, and it doesn't matter,' but it does. It always matters.

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.

So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good.

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.