It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.
WILLIAM GOLDING, A Moving Target
The doctrine of redemption is founded on a mere pecuniary idea corresponding to that of a debt which another person might pay; and as this pecuniary idea corresponds again with the system of second redemption, obtained through the means of money given to the Church for pardons, the probability is that the same persons fabricated both the one and the other of those theories; and that, in truth there is no such thing as redemption — that it is fabulous, and that man stands in the same relative condition with his Maker as he ever did stand since man existed, and that it is his greatest consolation to think so.
THOMAS PAINE, The Age of Reason
PETE ABRAMS, Sluggy Freelance, Nov. 22, 2004
It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Freedom from Fear
Understanding and tenderness would arise among us no matter how bad things got, and we found redemption in the very places we hurt most.
How did you know that what you sought was redemption and not righteous vengeance?
PETE ABRAMS, Sluggy Freelance, Nov. 22, 2004
The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption.
Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
TOM PETTY, Lonesome Sundown
Redemption can be found in hell itself if that's where you happen to be.
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