"We almost always forgive those we understand."

-- Mikhail Lermontov

#Forgiving Quotes

“I do not believe that we can stop perfecting new ways of dying until we have found new ways of living. Every new life-way ought to prevent a new death-way.”

Source : Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”
“I did a series of dark, desperate women shoots, my exhibitions weren't being well received, and then 9/11 happened, and I said to myself, "Have I gone too far?" Now I look back and realize going out on a complete limb at the time was right - well, people seem to be really responding to my message now, anyhow!”
“The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder.”
“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”
“Going to LSU was the right move for me. It taught me to be independent.”
“For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail...”
“I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.”

Source : Quoted in New Scientist, 25 Sept. 1969
“American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.”

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