Veronica Roth Quotes

But what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea the very fiend himself— that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I myself am the enemy who must be loved— what then?

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life.

I never, ever in my heart want to hurt anyone.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

We need Grace and forgiveness.

I have heard it said that the measure of a civilization is how it treats those who have hurt it. I think a further measure is how it treats those who deeply disappoint it.

To me, acting used to be just, 'Get my face out there, get girls, make a little bit of money, make my mom proud.' It was just like sports. But there were moments in 'Moonlight' that I really felt like I had to know why he is the way he is. Or just people in general - why this person walks around with a frown on their face instead of a smile.

I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.

Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement.

May we help more than we hurt, may we seek to understand more than be understood and may we love more than we judge.

Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.

To understand all is to forgive all.

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.

If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.

A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.

Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.

Go, poor devil, get thee gone! Why should I hurt thee? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.

Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

My experience of people is that they are infinitely forgivable.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.