“It is love that leniently and mercifully says: I forgive you everything-if you are forgiven only little, then it is because you love only little. Justice severely sets the boundary and says: No further! This is the limit. For you there is no forgiveness, and there is nothing more to be said. P. 172”
1850s, Two Discourses at Friday Communion (August 1851)
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1850s, Two Discourses at Friday Communion (August 1851)
Not a Kerouac quote, but by the Indian spiritual leader, Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007).
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“You pushed your greatest chance away
But still I really want to sayI forgive you.”
"Noblesse Oblige"
Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure (2000)
Context: I showed you how to touch a star
I helped you forget who you are
Baby, you can drive my car
Over to the right side of the tracksYou pushed your greatest chance away
But still I really want to sayI forgive you.
“Sometimes there is only one thing left to say, P. S. I Love You….”
Source: P.S. I Love You
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
Source: The Secret of Father Brown (1927) The Chief Mourner of Marne
“It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.”
As quoted in Homelessness in America : A Forced March to Nowhere (1982), p. 121
Context: You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see and the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.