Quotes About Forgiveness

The essence of sainthood is expiation.

As I closed the door behind me he started to scorch me with an indignant look for being gone so long, but when he saw my face, which he knows better than I do, he abandoned it. 'Well?' he asked mildly.

Understanding is forgiveness. - Sonnet XV

we are born with the power to hear, we must learn to listen. we are born with the power to see, we must learn to understand. we are born with the power to make mistakes, we must learn to accept and forgive

Being gentle puts compassion to work and overrides your need to be right

The only way to have a future is to let go of the past

You are human, you will make mistakes, and it's one of the most beautiful things about being human, but you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will have a lot of unnecessary pain.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

Do not waste one moment in regret, for to think feelingly of the mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned." Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC)

you judge someone and think they are bad, you are not giving love. And in thinking that someone else

about anything in the past. If you focus on past difficulties, you are bringing more difficult circumstances now.

Holding on to anger is like

Let Go of the Past If you constantly go back over your life and focus on the difficulties from the past, you are just bringing more difficult circumstances to you now. When you think back over your life, let go of all the things you don't love about your childhood and keep

story. "Then I accept.

As an American, I'd like to apologize-for everything.

Love one another, forgive one another, work as unto God, let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts. Make it your ambition to lead quiet lives. Obey. Greet one another with a holy kiss. No one will argue with that.

While we strive to be like God, we're pretty apt to fail, and we let ourselves down. I think more so than [we let God down]. God knows that we are dust, and I don't think He's too uptight about it.

God does not consume us in his wrath, but instead he consumes his wrath on himself by becoming our substitute, paying for our sins and giving us the gift of salvation.

Forgive us our fantasies. It's all we have.

I am sorry for you with all my heart. But you cannot blame us, for you came to kill us if you could.

where the Torah restricts retaliation, Jesus forbids it altogether.

Mr. Grace sounded like a very small child, helpless, hopeless. I had made him fuck himself with his own big tool, like one of those weird experiences you read about in the Penthouse Forum. I had taken off his witch doctor's mask and made him human. But I didn't hold it against him. To err is only human, but it's divine to forgive. I believe that sincerely.

Getting over things is often about helping people to learn how to get their minds to let go of things. It means that you put your problems into the past where they belong.