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"Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!"

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

"Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive."

"Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice."

"Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness."

"Forgiveness becomes central to Jesus' teaching, because to receive reality is always to 'bear it, to bear with reality for not meeting all of our needs. To accept reality is to forgive reality for being what it is, almost day by day and sometimes even hour by hour. Such a practice creates patient and humble people.Forgiveness reveals three goodnesses simultaneously. When we forgive, we choose the goodness of the other over their faults, we experience God's goodness flowing through ourselves, and we also experience our own capacity for goodness in a way that almost surprises us. We are finally in touch with a much Higher Power, and we slowly learn how to draw upon this Infinite Source."

"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge."

"Let's forgive someone for Valentines day, it's a great way to show love, and forgive yourself too for the hurt you held onto."

"Your ability to forgive and let go is the biggest evidence of core strength."
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"What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?"

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

"We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low."

"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

"Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal."

"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."

"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."
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