“For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter of the Eternal's language; on earth it is called Forgiveness!”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Children of the Lord's Supper

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882

American poet, author of 'The Song of Hiawatha' and 'Paul Revere's Ride'.

“Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!”

“Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.”

“From labor there shall come forth rest.”

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”

“To err is human, to forgive divine.”

“I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.”

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“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”

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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”