Quotes About Forgiveness

He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.

Take any man you like of the persons whom you thus term rascals. That man none the less remains a human being. That being so, how can one refuse to defend him when all the time one knows that half his errors have been committed through ignorance and stupidity? Each of us commits faults with every step that we take; each of us entails unhappiness upon others with every breath that we draw—and that although we may have no evil intention whatever in our minds.

Chi racchiude in sè del talento deve aver l'anima più pura di ogni altro. A un altro molto si perdona, ma a lui non si perdonerà. A chi è uscito di casa con un chiaro abito festivo basta una sola macchia di fango schizzata da una ruota perché tutta la gente lo circondi e lo segni a dito e parli della sua sporcizia, mentre la stessa gente non nota le molte macchie sui molti passanti vestiti di abiti quotidiani. Perché sugli abiti di tutti i giorni non si notano le macchie.

Or should you mourn the rapist, which I guess Christians mourn the people who kill them too.

If I'd been right enough in the head to track time, I could tell you the date I returned home to find Finbarr, sitting on the curb in front of our building, a satchel at his feet. It was the only time in my life where my heart didn't leap at the sight of him. There was nothing I could do but break his heart once by telling him about Genevieve, and twice by sending him away.

I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.

The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things.

Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans

We commit to the daily disciplined practices of meditation, yoga, exercise, wise actions, kindness, forgiveness, generosity, compassion, appreciation, and moment-to-moment mindfulness of feelings, emotions, thoughts, and sensations. We are developing the skillful means of knowing how to apply the appropriate meditation or action to the given circumstance.

The truth is, the experience of forgiveness is a momentary release. We don't and can't forgive forever. Instead, we forgive only for the present moment. This is both good news and bad. The good part is that you can stop judging yourself for your inability to completely and absolutely let go of resentments once and for all. We forgive in one moment and get resentful again in the next. It is not a failure to forgive; it is just a failure to understand impermanence.

An action from a confused and suffering being in the past doesn't represent what that being is forever; it is only an expression of that being's suffering. And if we cling to resentment over past hurts, we simply increase our own suffering.

The most important thing to remember is that we must live in the present, and if in the present moment we are still holding on to old wounds and betrayals, it is in this moment that forgiveness is called for.

We will eventually come to realize that acting out our hatred only causes more hatred. Picking up the burning ember of ill will to throw at our enemy burns us before it burns them. Likewise, when we pick up the substance or behavior that allows us to temporarily avoid the pain, we play with fire. It may feel warm and fuzzy at first, but it will inevitably burn us to the core.

Does our lack of forgiveness really punish them, or does it just make our hearts hard and our lives unpleasent.

Was man verloren hat, findet sich manchmal wieder, aber was man aufgegeben hat, kommt nie zurück.

Tell her how much she means to you. Tell her you were with someone else before you met her—that's very important—and unfortunately you contracted something. Be polite and discreet and very apologetic. Remember, she likes you. She doesn't know you're a whore.

Christ loved me enough to die for me while I was yet His enemy. If God had waited for me to learn to love Him before He died, I would never have been saved. I knew that with my head, but when I met someone who behaved in such a completely Christlike way, I was amazed. - Helen Roseveare

Everyone, it seems, wants absolution for something.

as the old proverb said, The falling out of faithful friends is the renewal of love.

It's true that some mistakes can never be amended no matter what you do, but that doesn't mean it's all right to give up before you even try.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness

At the bottom of every important conflict is a sense of love having been betrayed

Forgiveness Meditation. Settle into meditation. Recall someone whom you know you need to forgive. Just let the person's image or the sense of who they are arise in your mind. Feel the feelings. Observe whatever happens without entanglement. Let the feelings come and go. Don't try to forgive, just be present.

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart