Marilynne Robinson Quotes

I could forgive anybody.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

There are faults we would fain pardon.

Forgiveness is attention without judgment. It heals the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.

As long as we love, we can forgive.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

Love is sometimes shown in the things you don't say, don't keep track of and don't notice. The greatest kindness is often shown in letting things go. None of us is perfect, but we can all be perfect friends and perfect partners by allowing those that we love to be imperfect. Give those around you the 'break' that you hope the world will give you on your own 'bad day' and you'll never, ever regret it.

Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.

Well. Like I said, I dont want to fight anymore. I dont want us to hate each other. And ... well ... I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them. No matter how I fee about us ... I want you to be happy

We pardon as long as we love.

Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others.

To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still, and that is to forgive. As it is more blessed to give than to receive, so to forgive rises a stage higher in experience than to be forgiven.

We forgive just so long as we love.

I think there are more people waiting to forgive me than I need to forgive them.