Quote by Albert Camus

“All of this was understood, and if not condoned, at least pardoned.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Therefore, you are without excuse, every one of you who passes judgement. For by the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself,…

— Romans 2:1

But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence…

— Simon Greenleaf

“Any reason could be made for self-justification.”

— Toba Beta

“ Guilt is non-acceptance. Repentance is acceptance. ”

— Sri Amma Bhagwan

“It is better to ask for forgiveness then permission.”

— Tucker Max

“[I]t is easier to ask forgiveness than to obtain permission.”

— Mary Doria Russell

“Between asking permission and begging forgiveness, I lean toward the latter.”

— Becca Fitzpatrick

“The first was never to accept anything for true which I did not clearly know to be such; that is to say, carefully to…

— René Descartes

“It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.”

— Grace Murray Hopper

“My work expresses an infatuation with human beings. I don’t believe that to understand is necessarily to pardon, but I feel that to understand…

— Rebecca West

“I told them I did not intend to try to prove my innocence, but would help him prove my guilt if possible, for if…

— Daniel Webster Jones