"We cannot forgive another for not being..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.
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“The motive of science was the extension of man, on all sides, into Nature, till his hands should touch the stars, his eyes see through the earth, his ears understand the language of beast and bird, and the sense of the wind; and, through his sympathy, heaven and earth should talk with him. But that is not our science.”
“Whatever it is, it's better in the wind.”
“Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches.”
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“Go my friendbestow your loveeven on your enemiesif you touch their heartswhat do you think will happen.”
“Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to scratch, to get back up when you've been knocked down, to push forward - ever forward - to forgive. It means sacrificing everything if necessary, to carve out a place for your own existence. It means living.”
“I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.”
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“I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.”
“Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.”
“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”