"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." ― Mark Twain Topic(s): Forgiveness Tags: forgiveness, fragrance More From Mark Twain "Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." "You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." "Don’t let schooling interfere with your education." More In Forgiveness "It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits."― Lewis Thomas "Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself."― Ausonius "I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance."― Adlai E. Stevenson