Elbert Hubbard

"Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer's misguided attempt to meet his or her own needs. As we regard offenders from this point of view (regardless of whether they repent and regardless of what they have done or suffered), we will be in a position to forgive them."

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Source: Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard was an American writer and philosopher known for his influential essays and the founding of the Roycroft artisan community.

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