"Forgiving is tough. Excusing is easy. What a mistake it is to confuse forgiving with being mushy, soft, gutless, and oh, so understanding. Before we forgive, we stiffen our spine and we hold a person accountable. And only then, in tough-minded judgment, can we do the outrageously impossible thing: we can forgive."

-- Lewis B. Smedes

#Mistake Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Forgiving Quotes

“The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.”
“To remember the other world in this world is to live in your true inheritance.”
“Some things definitely work better on film than in books. Introspection is great in books but it doesn't work on film. Anything with high intensity, whether it's a love scene, a car chase, a fight scene - those things work so well on film and oftentimes they can tell a much broader part of the story.”
“A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.”
“Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.”

Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. August 2, 2002.
“I think I finally fell in love with NY.. I miss it already !”
“I don't like my physique at all.”
“I think art must be the place where you are protected from the logic of the outside world.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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