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Forgiveness Quotes
"Remember that many "negative" people were conditioned by people with smaller minds and hearts, so forgive them."
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"Even brahmins [people belonging to the caste who follow ritual practices] will not delve in the past and yet these intellectuals keep remembering, 'This person cheated me. This man called me stupid!' The flow of speech is like the flow of water. How can we ask it, 'How did you come here tumbling down?"
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"You may have committed a very bad fault but if you repent for it a lot; if you repent 'heartily' for it; the fault will have to go away. But people don't repent 'heartily', do they? They just say superficially that 'it was my fault'!"
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"Someone's forgiveness will not heal you; condemnation or absolution is their test, not yours."
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"Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves."
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"Nature will forgive those who accept their own mistakes and not blame God for them. When God is not the doer of anything at all, one takes on grave liability by saying that God did it."
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"At the time, I didn't know what forgiveness meant. I wouldn't really know what forgiveness meant for another year, until my pastor, Rick McKinley, happened to spell it out in a sermon. He said that when you forgive, you bear the burden somebody has given you without holding them accountable."
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"You will find it possible to forgive when you realize that forgiveness is self remedy."
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"When you give others a new chance, a new chance is really being given to you."
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"Anger is easier than forgiveness."
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"A cynical modification of letting go doesn't bring forgiveness, it's when, once you forgive, will you be able to let go."
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"To love those who hate us is to refuse to borrow their hatred."
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"I don't pretend to love someone who hurts me.I do something that prevent us hurting each other."
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"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."
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"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."
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"To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing - the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Caleb's betrayal is something we both carry, and since he did it, all I've wanted is for him to take its weight away from me. I am not sure that I'm capable of shouldering it all myself - not sure that I am strong enough, or good enough."
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"Fuck the ones who hurt you Stop thinking about them, Get on with your own lifeThey'll eventually come back with apologies And you'll gladly accept them; as you keep growing with your life."
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"There is no amount of sin a loving heart cannot forgive."
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"There's no reason to cry over spilled milk. People cannot change the things that have already happened."
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"Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive? I don't want harmony. From love for humanity I don't want it. I would rather be left with the unavenged suffering."
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"Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others."
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"When you see the members of your household as faultless (nirdosh) and see only your own faults, then true pratikraman will be done."
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"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."
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"Forgiveness heals any brokenness in the heart."
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"Where there is love, there are no faults. Where the love of give-and-take (dealer) arose, all faults will be seen there."
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"I believe what Jesus said was, 'I the Lord will forgive whom I will forgive. But of you it is required that you forgive all men."
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"You have divine grace to forgive."
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"Forgive for yourself and for the peace it will bring to your pain."
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"Please understand. Please forgive me.I prayed every day for you to be alive, until hope became painful.Don't hate me.I still love you."
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"I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me-goaded by Charlie's bullying character-was easy to forgive."
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"If someone can't forgive, it's because he does not love."
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"Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends."
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"When you forgive those that hurt you, they no longer have control over your future happiness. Their anger keeps them a prisoner to your past, while you enjoy the present."
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"Pretending,' she looked at the garden, 'is not the truth.''But you said two true things, right ? One, you hate this girl. Two, you want her to feel better. If you decide that the wanting truth's more important than the hating truth, just tell her you've forgiven her, even if you haven't. At least she'd feel better. Maybe that'd make you feel better too.'Madame Crommelynck studied her hands, moodily, both sides. 'Sophistry', she pronounced. I'm not sure what 'sophistry' means so I kept shtum."
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"When you forgive, you free your soul. But when you say I'm sorry, you free two souls."
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"Repentance restores your relationship with God."
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"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."
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"True forgiveness is when you can say, 'Thank you for that experience'."
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"Sometimes you have to look past a person's mistakes to see God's presence."
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"A sincere and warmly-expressed apology can produce the same effects as morphine on a suffering soul."
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"Forgive to set yourself free, love to set the prisoner free."
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"There is love in every human heart."
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"Forgiveness takes away the burdens of past."
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"If anger-pride-deceit-greed occur, let them occur. There is nothing wrong if you have thoughts of bad conduct, do not be afraid, however, you must repent (do pratikraman) and turn it around, this will result in a high level of dharmadhyan [auspicious contemplation] ."
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"Forgiveness leads to healing of wounds and restoration of health."
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"You (must) do plenty of 'pratikraman'. Do the 'pratikraman' for an hour every day of everyone who is living around you, whomever you have harassed."
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"The lack of forgiveness and ingratitude leads unhappiness."
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