Quotes About Forgiveness

In religious terms, each time the oppressed chooses to forgive the oppressor, each time, on those rare occasions, they find themselves having a modicum of power over them and offering them mercy instead of vengeance, might be interpreted as an act of mercy in favor of the oppressor. Black history is replete with these instances.

I do use husbands a bit (in books). It's what writers of this kind do, actually. I am quite careful to try to keep the family out of my writing. You find, on the whole, that men will forgive you everything if you say they are good in bed and the women if you say they are beautiful. It's the way to turn away wrath.

He knew he had changed because when presently he took confession from a woman who had been using contraceptives and whose husband had left her, he did not equate the sin with the consequence.

No," Decker said. "Ask God for forgiveness, Akiva," Schulman said. "Hakodosh Boroch Hu is the only one who can give you solace. I've told you that before." He stood up, motioned Decker to do the same thing. The old man embraced him tightly, then looked him in the eye. Still holding him, he said, "Then, my boy, have the courage to forgive yourself." He broke away. "Enough of the past. Let's learn a little Talmud.

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ya verás como nos echan en cara a las víctimas que nos negamos a mirar hacia el futuro. Dirán que buscamos venganza. Algunos ya han empezado a decirlo.

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el idiota se ha disculpado, ahora ya podemos descansar en paz.

No queremos que nos encasillen en una de nuestras facetas, sobre todo si es de las peores. Queremos que nos den la oportunidad de demostrar que no nos correspondemos con lo que hicimos durante un día malo, que somos capaces de cosas mejores.

de rencor en rencor me fui adentrando en la noche oscura del odio, donde dispersas brillaban una que otra chispita de amor. El amor, pienso yo, sólo vale así. El que quiere a todo el mundo no quiere a nadie.

Y hoy que me es imposible volver a esa esquina del recuerdo a cometer el pecado no cometido, a reparar el mal no hecho, me mata el remordimiento.

Madre Santísima, libradme de la condenación eterna, que la pesadilla del infierno ya la he vivido en esta vida y con creces: con mi prójimo. Amén.".

el mismo rencor cansado que olvida todos los agravios: por pereza de recordar.

No hagan con otros lo que hicieron con ustedes, no paguen con la misma moneda, el mal con el mal, que imponer la vida es el crimen máximo. Dejen tranquilo al que no existe, ni está pidiendo venir, en la paz de la nada.

Life'd not be worth livin' if we didn't keep our inimies.

What I need is a good defense 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love.

My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.

And I will pretend That I don't know of your sins Until you are ready to confess But all the time, all the time, I'll know And you can use my skin To bury secrets in.

Kids need you. They might be unfeeling and selfish and make you crave strong drink, in huge quantities, but they don't do it on purpose. Once

And what a waste it is to hate, he always said. What a waste.

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

If we think of Christian theology and ethics purely in terms of forgiveness, we will have neglected a central aspect of God's own character and will be in no position to understand the cross in its fullest dimension.

The mercy of God does not depend on human virtue for its fulfillment.