Quotes About Forgiveness

Arthur said: "A superman has asked a subhuman to do something which is superhuman. If you had forgiven him, you would never have forgiven yourself all your life.

The crux of the matter is, of course, the question of forgiveness. Forgetting is something that time alone takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision.

Justicia, no venganza

To forgive without justice is a self-satisfying weakness. Justice without love is simulation of strength.

As we talked in the half-darkness I assuaged an old unhappiness.

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

Sorumlusu olmad???m halde, benim olan, hiçbir zaman da ba???latamayaca??m bir günah?n, umutsuzluk içinde, cezas?n? çekiyordum.

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.' To remit debts is to renounce our own personality. It means renouncing everything that goes to make up our ego, without any exception. It means knowing that in the ego there is nothing whatever, no psychological element, that external circumstances could not do away with. It means accepting that truth. It means being happy that things should be so.

Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.

It is impossible to forgive whoever has done us harm if that harm has lowered us. We have to think that it has not lowered us, but has revealed our true level.

I am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

We must not judge. We must be like the Father in heaven who does not judge: by him beings judge themselves.

Impossible de pardonner à qui nous a fait du mal, si ce mal nous abaisse. Il faut penser qu'il ne nous a pas abaissés, mais a révélé notre vrai niveau.

The fallacy here? The subtle movement from seeing forsaking sin as the fruit of grace that is rooted in election, to making the forsaking of sin the necessary precursor for experiencing that grace. Repentance, which is the fruit of grace, thus becomes a qualification for grace. This

At the end of the day we cannot divide faith and repentance chronologically. The true Christian believes penitently, and he repents believingly.

I can never forgive evil and lying and cruel means, and still less can I forgive fanatics that use that for an excuse!

Lord, why can't the women let you alone? Just because once or twice, seven hundred million years ago, you were a poor fool, why can't they let you forget it?

I can never forgive evil and lying and cruel means, and still less can I forgive fanatics that use that for an excuse! If I may imitate Romain Rolland, a country that tolerates evil means — evil manners, standards of ethics — for a generation, will be so poisoned that it never will have any good end.

Father, thou hast forgiven too long. Forgive them not, but curse them, for they know what they do.

Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you

I forgive you, Sir Knight, said Rowena, as a Christian. That means, said Wamba, that she does not forgive him at all.

In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed. I would not want my death avenged. Especially by government--which can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

Ne da sovražim – da ljubim, sem na svetu.

Parents begin by loving their children; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.