Quotes about Forgiveness
Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.
— Leo Buscaglia
A small unkindness is a great offence.
— Hannah More
A small unkindness is a great offence.
— Hannah More
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Let us be kinder to one another.
— Aldous Huxley
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
— Malcolm X
Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.
— Pema Chodron
I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.
— Mother Teresa
I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
— Mother Teresa
No child, not even the most ordinary, forgets or forgives a single one of the commands inflicted on it.
— Elias Canetti
In an inn somewhere, a wealthy guest mistakes [Rebbe Zusia] for a beggar and treats him accordingly. Later he learns his identity and comes to cry his remorse: Forgive me, Rebbe, you must - for I didn't know! Why do you ask Zusia to forgive you? Rebbe Zusia said, shaking his head and smiling. You haven't done anything bad to him; it is not Zusia you insulted but a poor beggar, so go and ask the beggars, everywhere, to forgive you!
— Elie Wiesel
To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.
— Elie Wiesel