Quotes About Forgiveness

I hate the sin, but I love the sinner.

For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.

In love quarrels the party that loves the most is always most willing to acknowledge the greater fault.

Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds.

Hate can only flourish where love is absent.

We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.

But love that comes too late, Like a remorseful pardon slowly carried, To the great sender turns a sour offense, Crying, 'That's good that's gone.

Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

I've found the best thing to do is to really be loving, kind, forgiving and compassionate with yourself. There are some wonderful practices for that which I talk about in Love For No Reason.

Sometime, It's easier to love someone with flaws you can forgive in return for them forgiving yours.

Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.

Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.

God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.

When you understand someone... truly understand someone... you can't help but love them. Therefore... anyone in your life... ANYONE... who you feel less than love for... you have misunderstood.

Spontaneous love admits errors, hesitations and human failings. It can be tested and repaired.

A five-word sentence that could change the world tomorrow is What would love do now?

Embrace more deeply His love, His mercy and grace, and the powerful gifts of His Atonement.

To love is to be faithful to those who cheat on us.

When the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself.

We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God's wrath and get God's love.

Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

The remedy for all blunders, the cure of blindness, the cure of crime, is love.