Errors 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

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else…

— Mary McCarthy

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

— Doris Lessing

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

— Alexander Chase

To understand is to forgive.

— Anonymous

...Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving.

— Lewis B. Smedes

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

— Marilynne Robinson

“Understanding is not the same as forgiving”

— Bhavana Kale

“You must forgive in order to understand.”

— Marilynne Robinson

I can always forgive where I understand.

— Jude Morgan

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

— Leo Tolstoy

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

— Gautama Buddha