Quotes About Forgiveness

Wie überwinden wir das Böse? Indem wir es vergeben ohne Ende. Wie geschieht das? Indem wir den Feind sehen als den, der er in Wahrheit ist, als den, für den Christus starb, den Christus liebt.

Wo anders sollen wir die Gnade suchen für alle Untreue, allen Kleinglauben, alles Versagen als in der Niedrigkeit Gottes in der Krippe?

Ich glaube, daß auch unsere Fehler und Irrtümer nicht vergeblich sind und daß es Gott nicht schwerer ist, mit ihnen fertig zu werden, als mit unseren vermeintlichen Guttaten.

No one forgets his pain, that's a lie. It's buried there in memory and remains in you forever.

Christ died to free us from the burden of our sin, but he never, so far as [Sister Philomena:] could see, lifted a finger to free us from our stupidity

Treat no one with disdain; with patience bear Reviling language; with an angry man Be never angry; blessings give for curses.*

Quiénes son los culpables, Carasso: los que odian o los que no quieren ver las consecuencias del odio.

en la raíz del odio se han injertado las del amor y la reconciliación, que, entrelazadas, son mucho más profundas, «porque la del odio alcanza, tarde o temprano, el sedimento calizo que impide su crecimiento, mientras que las del amor y la reconciliación crecen en todas direcciones y sin impedimento alguno porque las riega el Dios fraterno y venturoso».

Ao amor temos que ir já limpos, sem cobrar nem fazer pagar antigas dívidas, produto de anteriores equívocos.

What Thérèse is proposing is more difficult than it seems, for when we are filled with guilt and a sense of our own wretchedness, it is hard to believe in the mercy of God, for guilt tends to project upon the face of God a stern grimace. Our sins do not alter God's merciful love toward us; they simply make it more difficult for us to believe in it.

No, we cannot sin gravely without knowing it. No, after absolution, we must not doubt about our state of grace.

The prodigal son returned home to his father's house not for any noble motive but because he was hungry and down on his luck. Nevertheless, his father welcomed him home with open arms, without reproach. This is the image of God that Jesus reveals to us and we are invited to believe.

in our daily lives, we all come in contact with people whom we don't like, perhaps even hate; whom we try to avoid at all cost, and who we wish would drop off the end of the earth. Yet, these are the people whom God has entrusted to our care.

charity consists in bearing with the faults of others, in not being surprised at their weakness, [15] in being edified by the smallest acts of virtue we see them practice.

Seeing her friend's distress, Shannon swerved to the side of the road and parked. She wrapped Tessa in her arms. "It's gonna be okay," she insisted. "We'll get through this. I swear." Tessa choked back tears. "I never got to say goodbye." "I know." "I don't even remember the last thing I said to him…. What if it was something bitchy?

Como dice una canción, me ha rozado el alma y me la ha cambiado, ¿cómo perdonarle el haber hecho nacer en mí las ganas de querer y de que me quieran?

One has to forgive. Not everybody was at fault. Think of Yaya and her family, who saved us. They taught me tolerance. I think one person's courage can defeat the complacency of a thousand others.

C'est peut-être cela, finalement, aimer vraiment. Apprendre à pardonner, sans réserve et surtout sans regrets. Poser son doigt sur la touche d'un clavier, effacer les pages grises pour tout récrire en couleur. Mieux encore, se battre pour que tout finisse bien.

Ma un giorno tu mi hai detto che anche il peggiore di noi ha le ali nascoste da qualche parte e che bisogna aiutarlo ad aprirle invece di condannarlo.

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Man's duty is to persuade and forgive, not to judge and punish. Kindness breeds kindness, and it is pity that wins amendment.

Mieux vaut d'être haï par un doux qu'aimé par un cruel.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible.