We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light.
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And if a friend does you wrong, then say: “I forgive you what you have done to me; that you have done it to YOURSELF, however – how could I forgive that!”
And so, onwards… along a path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence.. however you may be, be your own source of experience. Throw off your discontent about your nature. Forgive yourself your own self. You have it in your power to merge everything you have lived through- false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your loves and your hopes – into your goal, with nothing left over.
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The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility – of being unable to undo what one has done – is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.