“An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.” PeoplePersonsResponsibilityBreakCircumstancesPromiseBlameForgivingVagueIrresponsible Book:Letters of Ayn Rand Source: Letters of Ayn Rand
“I am running into a new year and the old years blow back like a wind that I catch in my hair like strong fingers like all my old promises and it will be hard to let go of what I said to myself about myself when I was sixteen and twenty-six and thirty-six but I am running into a new year and I beg what i love and I leave to forgive me.” YearsSaidHardRunningStrongWindHairPromiseLetting GoSixTwentiesForgivingFingersBlowThirtyNew YearSixteenForgive MeOld YearHard To Let Go Book:An ordinary woman Source: An ordinary woman
“It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.” WayArtDreamWould BeLove IsPromiseArt IsForgivingSpeciesEndlessWorks Of ArtShantaramRetributionNo LoveActs Of Love Book:Shantaram: A Novel Source: Shantaram: A Novel
“Friendship is a Spackle in itself. You'll forgive your friends a lot, and if you're a woman, you'll forgive your straight male friends even more. They represent the possibility of mutual toleration between the sexes, a keyhole into the mind of the Other, and the promise of one day meeting someone just like them except that you want to sleep with them.” IfsWantMindSexSleepPossibilityPromiseOne DayForgivingMeetingsMalesMutualTolerationWant To SleepKeyholesMeeting Someone Book:How Did You Get This Number Source: How Did You Get This Number
“...here also forgiving does not mean excusing. Many people seem to think it does. They think that if you ask them to forgive someone who has cheated or bullied them you are trying to make out that there was really no cheating or bullying. But if that were so, there would be nothing to forgive. (This doesn't mean that you must necessarily believe his next promise. It does mean that you must make every effort to kill every taste of resentment in your own heart - every wish to humiliate or hurt him or to pay him out.)” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingBelieveHeartMeanDoeSeemsWould BeNextAsksWishHurtEffortPayPromiseTasteForgivingCheatingBullyingResentmentCheatedBulliedMake OutHumiliateNo Cheating Author:C. S. Lewis