People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

I have always thought it would be easier to redeem a man steeped in vice and crime than a greedy, narrow-minded, pitiless merchant.

If my little acts of virtue can be mistaken for imperfections, imperfections can just as easily be mistaken for virtue.

Your assignment is to love everyone, accepting all that happens to you.

If you should see another openly sin or commit some grievous offense, you should still not think yourself better because of it; for you do not know how long you will be able to stand. We are all weak and frail; but you should regard no one frailer than yourself.

O sobie samym niewiele mniema?, a o innych zawsze jak najlepiej - to m?dro??, to jest doskona?o??. Nawet gdyby? widzia?, ?e kto? jawnie grzeszy albo dopuszcza si? zbrodni, nie powiniene? uwa?a? si? za lepszego, bo nie wiesz, jak d?ugo wytrwasz w dobrym. Wszyscy jeste?my u?omni, lecz ty nie s?d?, ?e kto? móg?by by? bardziej u?omny od ciebie.

He who would weigh well and rightly his own doings would not be the man to judge severely of another.

No man ought to despise or in any way injure another man without urgent cause: and, consequently, unless we have evident indications of a person's wickedness, we ought to deem him good, by interpreting for the best whatever is doubtful about him.

It is apparent that the mere knowledge that a man was either a camp guard or a prisoner tells us almost nothing. Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.

And so we should not only remember the dead, but also forgive the living. Just as we reach out our hand to the dead, across all graves, so we reach out to the living--across all hatred. And when we say: Honored be the dead, so we should add: And peace to all the living who are of goodwill.