Quotes & anectdotes from
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the foolish,
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forgiveness

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.

Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

To be social is to be forgiving.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

To err is human to forgive, divine.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.