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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we ho

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? – Bell Hooks

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I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness. – Bell Hooks

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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. – Bell Hooks

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Many spiritual teachers – in Buddhism, in Islam – have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. – Bell Hooks

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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Caught is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present – who should be and who shouldnt be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it wont work. – Harlan Coben

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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. – Henry Ward Beecher

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If only I wasnt an atheist, I could get away with anything. Youd just ask for forgiveness and then youd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt. – Keira Knightley

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