Nelson Mandela on forgiveness
Nelson Mandela94 quotes“There is no future without forgiveness.”
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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SaadiSaadi Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev’n with Paradise devise the snake; For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blackened – Man’s forgiveness give and take!
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