A Quote by Peter Winter

It is manlike to punish but godlike to forgive.

Peter Winter

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Forgive Godlike Punish

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Peter Winter
German - Composer
August 28, 1754 - October 17, 1825

It is manlike to punish but godlike to forgive. [Ger., Menschlich ist es bloss zu strafen Aber gottlich zu verzeihn.]

Peter Winter

Tis as manlike to bear extremities as godlike to forgive.

John Ford

When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike.

Friedrich Schiller

Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!

Andrew Murray

The alternative to forgiveness, but by no means its opposite, is punishment, and both have in common that they attempt to put an end to something that without interference could go on endlessly. It is therefore quite significant, a structural element in the realm of human affairs, that men are unable to forgive what they cannot punish and that they are unable to punish what has turned out to be unforgivable.

Hannah

I dinna know what's a sadist. And if I forgive you for this afternoon, I reckon you'll forgive me, too, as soon as ye can sit down again." "As for my pleasure..." His lip twitched. "I said I would have to punish you. I did not say I wasna going to enjoy it." He crooked a finger at me. "Come here.

Diana Gabaldon

Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.

Condoleezza Rice

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

Maximilien Robespierre

It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.

Emily Bronte

The object of a bunker or trap is not only to punish a physical mistake, to punish lack of control, but also to punish pride and egotism.

Charles B. Macdonald

When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you.

John Darnielle

You must forgive everyone. Now many would say that "We cannot forgive, it's very difficult." But it's a myth whether you forgive or don't forgive. What do you do? You don't do anything. But when you don't forgive, then you are playing into wrong hands. That means you are torturing yourself, while those who have troubled you are quite happy.

Nirmala Srivastava

The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.

Nick Cave

In this world there is one godlike thing, the essence of all that was or ever will be of godlike in this world: the veneration done to Human Worth by the hearts of men.

Thomas Carlyle

The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.