Quotes about Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.

When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative.

Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven. At this Christmastime you can give and receive the gift of forgiveness. The feeling of happiness that will come will be a glimpse of what we can feel at home together in the eternal home for which we yearn.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is to add to the offense.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against the man.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note — torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.