Forgiveness Quote by Hilary Mantel

Robespierre, crippled and blind, has yet to be healed to the knowledge that service - his desire - is a deed of savage-speaking gentleness,…

— Tanith Lee

“Robespierre was unmoved by the mayhem he unleashed. “Terror is nothing other than prompt, severe, inflexible justice” he once declared.”

— David S. Kidder

“…the particular consequence of his moral vanity was that when he did people an injury, he never forgave them. Never again.”

— Renata Adler

“Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's.”

— Linda Berdoll

“Forgive me, Lord, if ever I should wrap myself in pharisiac robes when I see another fall In no way am I greater because…

— Glenna Oldham

As a Christian should do no injuries to others, so he should forgive the injuries that others do to him. It is to be…

— Ralph Venning

He told people that their sins were forgiven, and never waited to consult all the other people whom their sins had undoubtedly injured. He…

— Anonymous

“Forgiveness takes a great deal of personal strength. A weak person cannot forgive, and their actions will keep them captive and fester like an…

— K.M. Shea

“The truth is that very few understand the truth about forgiveness. It is not the culprits who need to be forgiven; rather it is…

— Margaret Atwood

“For one who had afición he could forgive anything.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“To forgive, there must have been a wound; and to be wounded, there must have been the gatherings of pride. There is no generosity…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts.

— Jennifer Donnelly