„But I don't forget and I don't forgive.“
— Philippa Gregory, buch The White Queen
Quelle: The White Queen
„This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.“
Quelle: I Hunt Killers
Barry Lyga
1971Ähnliche Zitate
„The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.“
— Thomas Szasz Hungarian psychiatrist 1920 - 2012
"Personal Conduct" http://books.google.com/books?id=IYOcAQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+stupid+neither+forgive+nor+forget+the+na%C3%AFve+forgive+and+forget+the+wise+forgive+but+do+not+forget%22&pg=PA177#v=onepage, p. 51. http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15151528W/The_Second_Sin
The Second Sin (1973)
„But don't forget the blessing is in the struggle. The Most Forgiving will forgive it if you stay repentant and hustle.“
— Lupe Fiasco rapper 1982
Mixtapes, Fahrenheit 1/15 Part I: The Truth Is Among Us (2006)
„Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.“
— Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947
„Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. … If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.“
— Tenzin Gyatso spiritual leader of Tibet 1935
On the killing of al-Queda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden by US military forces, as quoted in "Dalai Lama suggests Osama bin Laden's death was justified" by Mitchell Landsberg, in The Los Angeles Times (4 May 2011) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0504-dalai-lama-20110504,0,7229481.story.
„Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.“
— Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer 1933 - 2019
„Man forgets. God forgives. Man forgets God's Truth. God forgives man's ignorance.“
— Sri Chinmoy Indian writer and guru 1931 - 2007
Songs of the Soul (1971)
„To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.“
— Joyce Cary Irish writer 1888 - 1957
„Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.“
— Maria Edgeworth Irish writer 1768 - 1849
"An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification"; Tales and Novels, vol. 1, p. 213.
„Do not feel ashamed to forgive and forget.“
— Ali, buch Nahj al-Balagha
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53: An order to Malik Al-Ashtar
Variante: The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.
„Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.“
— Robert Jordan American writer 1948 - 2007
Thom Merrilin
(15 October 1991)
„It does'nt matter who forgives you, if you're the one who can't forget.“
— Jodi Picoult, buch The Storyteller
Quelle: The Storyteller
„They’ll never forget, never forgive, no matter who the enemy is, son. Better just to start a new life. Be someone else.“
— Jeff VanderMeer, buch Finch
Quelle: Finch (2009), p. 303
„Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.“
— John F. Kennedy 35th president of the United States of America 1917 - 1963
As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
Attributed
„One can forgive but one should never forget.“
— Marjane Satrapi Artist 1969
Quelle: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
„What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?“
— Jodi Picoult, buch The Tenth Circle
Quelle: The Tenth Circle