Hannah Arendt Quotes

Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here.

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Each person is responsible only for his or her own sins. Even the Christian doctrine of 'original sin' does not mean that humans are punished for the sin of the first human pair but, rather, that humans seem inevitably to copy the sin of the first human pair.

You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.

I don't know if there is redemption for people like Charlie Rose or Garrison Keillor. An apology helps, but what really matter are deeds.

I never challenged the ICC verdict. This means I accepted my punishment. It is mentioned in Islamic law that you have got to be punished if you commit a mistake. What is important is that I have learnt my lesson.

I don't think everyone should get a second chance.

Who has enough credit in this world to pay for his mistakes?

You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler

Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that question hang in the air for a moment, then sighed, shook his head, and said "Me? I surely don't want what I deserve. I'm hoping for mercy, not justice.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell and blamed someone else. I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt.

We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.

Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.

We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.

We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.

I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended.

True justice is to pay one time for every mistake we make.

Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all! Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.

Confess yourself to heaven, Repent what's past, avoid what is to come, And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker.

What have I to forgive and whom?