Quotes & anectdotes from
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the foolish,
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forgiveness

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

To be social is to be forgiving.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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

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

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

To err is human to forgive, divine.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

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

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

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

Life is an adventure in 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.

Forgotten is forgiven.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

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

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

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

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

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

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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.

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

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

God will forgive me. It's his job.

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

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.

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

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

Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself.

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

There is no forgiveness in nature.

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.