"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness." ― Henry Ward Beecher Topic(s): Forgiveness Tags: mother, pardons More From Henry Ward Beecher "We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning." "Theology is a science of mind applied to God." "Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven." More In Forgiveness "A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable."― Robert Fripp "Forgiveness is the final form of love."― Reinhold Niebuhr "The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius."― Oscar Wilde