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> [To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/to-be-forgiven-is-not-enough-we-must-put-an-end-to-the-very-need-to/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

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## More by Bernadette Roberts

> [When one is perfectly still-mind and body, silent and alone-there is no personality to speak of, thus personality is one's unique way of expression,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/when-one-is-perfectly-still-mind-and-body-silent-and-alone-there-is/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/the-truest-communication-with-god-is-absolute-total-silence-there-is/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/this-search-for-perfection-which-is-a-search-for-divinity-is-nothing/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [This journey then, is nothing more, yet nothing less than a period of acclimating to a new way of seeing, a time of transition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/this-journey-then-is-nothing-more-yet-nothing-less-than-a-period-of/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [It is one step, and a giant one, to see clearly and participate in the love that flows between the persons of the Trinity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/it-is-one-step-and-a-giant-one-to-see-clearly-and-participate-in-the/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [It is far more than the discovery of life without a self. The immediate, inevitable result is an emergence into a new dimension of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/it-is-far-more-than-the-discovery-of-life-without-a-self-the/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great mistake. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/the-assumption-that-the-egoless-condition-or-union-of-self-and-god-is/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [But coming home that day, walking downhill with a panorama of valley and hills before me, I turned my gaze inward, and what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/but-coming-home-that-day-walking-downhill-with-a-panorama-of-valley/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/the-onset-of-this-second-movement-is-characterized-by-the-falling/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [Spiritual life is like a moving sidewalk. Whether you go with it or spend your whole life running against it, you're still going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/spiritual-life-is-like-a-moving-sidewalk-whether-you-go-with-it-or/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/a-point-is-reached-where-the-self-is-so-completely-aligned-with-the/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/when-there-is-no-longer-a-cyclone-there-is-no-longer-an-eye-so-the/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [In some ways, all our experiences of God are beyond belief, because all conceptual beliefs pale when compared to the experiential reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/in-some-ways-all-our-experiences-of-god-are-beyond-belief-because-all/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [I went on to discover that in its deepest sense, the will is not primarily the faculty of desire for anything known, but rather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/i-went-on-to-discover-that-in-its-deepest-sense-the-will-is-not/)

[Bernadette Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernadette-roberts/)

> [Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not need a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernadette-roberts/only-god-is-love-and-for-this-love-to-be-fully-realized-self-must/)

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