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You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them. ↗

— St. Vincent de Paul

#daughtersofcharity #inspirational #lazarists #padrespaules #vincentians

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents. ↗

— Beryl Markham

#forgiveness

I readily admit that I'm not, and have never been, big on forgiving. That doesn't mean I will seek revenge - It just means I don't forgive. ↗

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

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And then, when there is nothing else between us but love, we can begin to find a way to truly be together. ↗

— S.J. Watson

#love #forgiveness

Love is just like the flower; it has hidden depths that we rarely ever explore. Beneath the surface lies a network of roots. You can admire the flower for what it is, or you can dig deeper. The more you dig, the more you will find. The real reasons we love a person sometimes exist in the darkest and deepest part of us, the part that knows no logic…or rationale. ↗

— Carol Oates

#heartbreak #hope #love #forgiveness

Everything will usually get worse before it gets better, but when it does get better...remember all who put you down and all who helped you up. Forgive but never forget. Let Karma take care of all the rest. ↗

— Timothy Pina

#inspirational #forgiveness

I can leave myself to rot in the past, spend my time hating people for what happened, like my father did, or I can forgive and forget." "But it's not that easy." He smiled that Frank smile. "Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things... ↗

— M.L. Stedman

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pain has its own timetable. You can't rush it. You can't forgive somebody before you're ready. You can't tell anybody else how to reach that point. ↗

— Diane Wilson

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Forgiveness is a funny thing, it warms the heart and cools the sting. ↗

— Peter Allen

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If we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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