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Forgiveness Quotes
"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."
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"All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives."
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"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember."
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"It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission."
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"Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life."
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"In order to forgive, one must have lived through what I have lived through, and may God spare her that."
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"Without forgiveness, there's no future."
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"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
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"Do not take to heart any ill-action."
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"The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy."
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"An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. . . . We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. Till then, it is like wasting great wine on a ravenous natural thirst which merely wants cold wetness."
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"China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks."
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"If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.Either you just let the grudge go, or make him chary."
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"There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love."
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"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."
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"Forgiving someone else doesn't give them a free pass. It gives you a free pass to move on."
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"I must be out of my mind if I loved you in spite of everything you've done, and anyone else would condemn you for it, but I can't condemn you at all. In my own troubled mind, I loved you for it."
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"Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice."
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"When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive."
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"My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness."
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"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness."
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"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"
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"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."
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"How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?"
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"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."
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"There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won't forget them."
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"Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it."
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"What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you."
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"If the other person injures you you may forget the injury but if you injure him you will always remember."
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"God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do."
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"When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier."
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"Forgiveness is strength. The strength to move ahead without any resentment."
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"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."
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"If someone hurts you, to take the revenge, love him."
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"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins."
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"Forgiveness leads to love, and love leads to forgiveness."
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"Forgiveness is a funny thing, it warms the hearts and cools the sting."
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"To restore a lost relationship is your choice."
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"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."
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"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions."
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"I'm sorry Penelope." "Don't waste my time with sorries,Simon.If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other's toes,we'll never have time to be friends."
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"Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness."
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"I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance."
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"The best way to forgive someone is to enter into their sufferings ..."
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"Forgive the past to welcome the future."
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"Take revenge, not by hurting someone, but by succeeding in life and helping those who were hurting you in the past."
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"I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility."
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"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
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