--- title: "11 Forgive Survive Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 11 Forgive Survive quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Forgive Survive sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/john-green-12_forgive_we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-in-this-la_2372971.jpg" --- > [ “We have to forgive to survive in this labyrinth \[of suffering\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-in-this-labyrinth-of-suffering/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/john-green-12_forgive_we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-in-this-la_2372971.jpg) > [“We had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the-labyrinth/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/john-green-12_forgiveness_we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the-laby_1284122.jpg) > [We had to forgive to survive the labyrinth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-the-labyrinth/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/john-green-12_forgiveness_we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-the-labyrin_1322524.jpg) > [“We have to forgive to survive the labyrinth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-the-labyrinth/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/john-green-12_forgiveness_we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-the-labyri_923956.jpg) > [“and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/and-that-we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the-labyrinth/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/john-green-12_forgive_and-that-we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in_3192189.jpg) > [“we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were so many of us who would have to live with things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the-labyrinth-there-were-so-many-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/john-green-12_forgiveness_we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the-laby_1895943.jpg) > [“He was gone and did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-gone-and-did-not-have-time-to-tell-him-what-i-had-just-now/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/john-green-12_forgive_he-was-gone-and-did-not-have-time-to-tel_263938.jpg) > [“that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were so many of us who would have to live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the-labyrinth-there-were-so-many/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/john-green-12_forgiveness_that-we-had-to-forgive-to-survive-in-the_247076.jpg) > [“that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we have to forgive to survive in the labyrinth. There were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/that-i-forgave-him-and-that-she-forgave-us-and-that-we-have-to/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/john-green-12_forgiveness_that-i-forgave-him-and-that-she-forgave_2003378.jpg) > [“He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-gone-and-i-did-not-have-time-to-tell-him-what-i-had-just-now-2/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/john-green-12_forgive_he-was-gone-and-i-did-not-have-time-to-t_2659819.jpg) > [“He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-gone-and-i-did-not-have-time-to-tell-him-what-i-had-just-now/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/john-green-12_alaska-young_he-was-gone-and-i-did-not-have-time-to-t_1852500.jpg) ## Top authors on Forgive Survive - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgive-survive/john-green/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgive-survive/#itemlist", "name": "Forgive Survive Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We have to forgive to survive in this labyrinth [of suffering]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/we-have-to-forgive-to-survive-in-this-labyrinth-of-suffering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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