Forgiveness Quote by Marilynne Robinson

There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in…

— Marilynne Robinson

“You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“You must forgive in order to understand.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“... Papa's always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go." "Not a bad ability." "... I'm not…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“You need to forgive people you don't understand; if not, try to understand people you want to forgive.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Don’t forgive people until they understand their mistakes.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

— Alexander Chase

if you understand something, you don't forgive it, you are the thing itself: forgiveness is for what you don't understand.

— Doris Lessing

“why. I have found it difficult at times to forgive myself for what happened.  But a significant part of the answer involves forgiveness, something…

— Joshua Graham

“Understanding is not the same as forgiving”

— Bhavana Kale

One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

— Leo Tolstoy

I can always forgive where I understand.

— Jude Morgan