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“This business of forgiving is by no means a simple thing…. We say, ‘Very well, if the other fellow is sorry and begs my pardon, I will forgive him, then I’ll give in.’ We make of forgiveness a law of reciprocity. And this never works. For then both of us say to ourselves, ‘The other fellow has to make the first move.’ And then I watch like a hawk to see whether the other person will flash a signal to me with his eyes or whether I can detect some small hint between the lines of his letter which shows that he is sorry. I am always on the point of forgiving…but I never forgive. I am far too just.”
Topics Illustrated Include:
Apologize
Failure
Forgiveness
Hard Work
Humility
Justice
Pardon
Pride
Quotes
Unforgiveness
(Resource cataloged by David R Smith)
