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Quotes about Forgiveness

I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person because of the color of his kin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than the opposite.
— Nelson Mandela
Resentment is a method of self harm. "As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
— Nelson Mandela
Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.
— Nelson Mandela
Overcoming fear, personal scarifies for the cause of freedom of all, and ability to see good in your enemies — No one is born hating another person because of the color of your skin, or his background, or his religion … if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.
— Nelson Mandela
Never forget that a saint is a sinner who keeps on trying.
— Nelson Mandela
I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there was mercy and generosity.
— Nelson Mandela
People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite
— Nelson Mandela
It never hurts to see the good in someone, they often act the better because of it.
— Nelson Mandela
Een mens die een ander mens van zijn vrijheid berooft, is een gevangene van de haat, opgesloten achter de tralies van vooroordelen en kleingeestigheid.
— Nelson Mandela
I'm a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.
— Nicole Kidman
We believe we are free, and that God will forgive us. Personally I think otherwise. Finally, transformed into tiny quivering photons, each of our deeds will set off into Outer Space, where the planets will keep watching it like a film until the end of the world.
— Olga Tokarczuk
Sometimes it happens that the souls of parents and children are fundamentally hostile to one another, and they meet in life in order to remedy this hostility.
— Olga Tokarczuk