“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”

— Jane Austen , book Mansfield Park

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English novelist 1775–1817

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Because you must. This is not hope. Not reason. This is your fate. This is your life, what you must do.”

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“As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving,
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May,
Just as hate knows love's the cure,
You can rest your mind assured,
That I'll be loving you always.”

Stevie Wonder (1950) American musician

As
Song lyrics, Songs In The Key of Life (1976)

“With guilt's defilement stained, without, within,
How may I hope Thy cleansing grace to win?
Because Thou saidst, "I have forgiven thy sin."”

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“Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

Young India (23 March 1924)
1920s

“The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book, Annie, is because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.”

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Misery (1987)

“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.”

Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar

Source: The Bell Jar (1963), Ch. 2

“He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity and her servility, will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality.”

Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904) Irish writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading suffragette

Lecture I, p. 36
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“One must always infuse comfort and hope.”

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Source: Quoted in the Homily for the beatification of Edvige Carboni https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/06/15/190615b.html by Cardinal Becciu (15 June 2019).

“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”

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