Quotes About Forgiveness

The problem is not that we forget the past. It is that we recall it too well. Children recall wrongs that enemies did to their grandfathers, and blame the granddaughters of the old enemies.

Could it be that simple? Simply pretend we had never quarreled; just go back to treating each other as we had before?

Regrets are useless

Oh, Traspié, Traspié, muchacho -dijo con la voz cargada de alivio-. Pensaba que te habíamos perdido. Pensaba que te habíamos hecho algo peor que dejarte morir. Sus viejos brazos eran fuertes, tensos, a mi alrededor. Fui considerado con el anciano. No le dije que era precisamente lo que habían hecho.

For some things, there is no forgiving or unforgiving. They are simply a crossroads, and a direction taken, whether I would or no. Someone else set my feet on that path. All I can control is every step I take after that.

I'd rather be forgotten for the things people think I've done. And I'd give it all if I could forget the things I failed to do.

Perhaps to another man it would have been obvious. Leave old pains alone. When they cease coming to call, do not invite them back.

Too late to apologize. I have already forgiven you

Why would I waste my time with hate? What was done to me was unforgivable, of course. Completely unforgivable. Those who did it are no longer alive to be punished or to apologize. Even if they were and did, it would not undo what they did.

The problem is not that we forget the past. It is that we recall it too well. Children recall wrongs that enemies did to their grandfathers, and blame the granddaughters of the old enemies. Children are not born with memories of who insulted their mother or slew their grandfather or stole their land. Those hates are bequeathed to them, taught them, breathed into them. If adults didn't tell children of their hereditary hates, perhaps we would do better.

forgiven,' she said quietly to herself. She sounded ill with it. With an oddly gentle finality, she added, 'You

rather be forgotten for the things people think I've done. And I'd give it all if I could forget the things I failed to do.

I felt unreasonably hurt at this. A dozen scathing comments went unsaid by me. He had no idea of what I had given up for him. Then the moment of anger passed and I was grateful I had not spoken. I never wanted him to know what I had sacrificed for him.

Fault and guilt are as useless as apology once the deed is done. Once the action has been taken, all must endure what follows.

I haven't forgiven anything. And I don't believe in the "us" you think I might take vengeance on. You didn't do this to me. But even if you had, killing you would not undo it.

But gone was gone and done was done, I told myself. And life would go on.

I can see that this hurts you. You should fix it. You can't make it unhappen, but you don't have to carry around what they did to you. Don't give them that power over you.

There were times when taking vengeance for the dead seemed too high a price for abandoning the living.

Once a man has been broken by pain, he remains forever a victim. He cannot ever forget that place he has visited, the moment when he decided that he would surrender everything rather than endure more pain. It is a shame no man ever completely recovers from. Some try to drown it by becoming the perpetrator of similar pain, and creating a new victim to bear for them that shame. Cruelty is a skill taught not only by example but by experience of it.

It's too late to apologize for I have already forgiven you." -FitzChivalry Farseer

Too late to apologize, I've already forgiven you.

Shame of you. Grace on you.

Shame off you. Grace on you.

I know. And that's the thing about grace. And love, too. They're not fair at all.