Saturday, October 16, 2010

Forgiveness Quotes

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.


Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.


To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that "summum bonum," the greatest good.


Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy


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


Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil;
With them forgive yourself.



Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.


The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.


The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong


We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.


To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.


Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.


All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.



Forgiveness is freeing up and putting to better use the energy once consumed by holding grudges, harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds. It is rediscovering the strengths we always had and relocating our limitless capacity to understand and accept other people and ourselves.

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