"If we have injured someone, giving him..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.
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More on Reconciliation
“Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice”
“By Heaven, my soul is purg'd from grudging hate; And with my hand I seal my true heart's love”
“So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends.”
More on Forgiveness
“I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard.”
“We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.”
“The pow'r that I have on you is to spare you; The malice towards you to forgive you.”