#160
1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
1850s, Two Discourses at Friday Communion (August 1851)
“The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.”
Leo
1900s, Getting Married (1908)
“The trouble with forgiveness is that some people don't want to be forgiven.”
Source: How to Make Friends with Demons
“What we forgive too freely doesn’t stay forgiven.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Yes, God forgives and men forget,
And you're forgiven and forgotten.”
"To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself"
Trees and Other Poems (1914)
Context: Yes, God forgives and men forget,
And you're forgiven and forgotten.
You might be gaily sinning yet
And quick and fresh instead of rotten.
And when you think of love and fame
And all that might have come to pass,
Then don't you feel a little shame?
And don't you think you were an ass?
Source: The Autobiography, P. 34
Not a Kerouac quote, but by the Indian spiritual leader, Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007).
Misattributed
“You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.”
