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Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

So with this Earthly Paradise it is, If ye will read aright, and pardon me, Who strive to build a shadowy isle of bliss Midmost the beating of the steely sea.

Spoken forgiveness, no matter how heartfelt, works best when we do not demand the response we want. I mean that when we tell people we forgive them, we must leave them free to respond to our good news however they are inclined. If the response is not what we hoped for, we can go home and enjoy our own healing in private.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

Take it slowly. The deepest resentments are wrapped up in a lot of hurt and pain. We think we're protecting ourselves by not forgiving. Acknowledge that and go easy on yourself. Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile. Forgiveness is a powerful yet challenging tool that will support and honor you, even in the most extreme circumstances.

Temper justice with mercy.

That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.

That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.

The act of forgiveness is the act of returning to present time. And that's why when one has become a forgiving person, and has managed to let go of the past, what they've really done is they've shifted their relationship with time.

The assurance of His total forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ means we don't have to play defensive games anymore. We don't have to rationalize and excuse our sins. We can call sin exactly what it is, regardless of how ugly and shameful it may be, because we know that Jesus bore that sin in His body on the cross.

The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

The burden of regret can weigh us down heavily on our spiritual journey. The best way to release regret is to forgive ourselves.

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the long haul, cover-up over confession, escapism over confrontation, conform over sacrifice, feeling over commitment, legality over justice, the body over the spirit, anger over forgiveness, man over God.

The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the wrong.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.

The grace of forgiveness, because God Himself has paid the price, is a Christian distinctive and stands splendidly against our hate-filled, unforgiving world. God's forgiveness gives us a fresh start.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pity and forgive the errors of its fellow-creatures.

The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.

The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.

Their pain [the injurer's pain at having injured you] and your pain create the point and counterpoint for the rhythm of reconciliation. When the beat of their pain is a response to the beat of yours, they have become truthful in their feelings...they have moved a step closer to a truthful reunion.

The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.

The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.

The mind that too frequently forgives bad actions will at last forget good ones.

The offender never pardons.

The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.

The noblest revenge is to forgive

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

The only way to peace is forgiveness.

The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.

The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes. The chain reaction set off by every act of vengeance always takes its unhindered course. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain...Why do family feuds go on and on?...the reason is simple: no two people, no two families, ever weigh pain on the same scale.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago.

The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.