Quotes About Forgiveness

I've learned that from a war ignited by revenge, nothing can be born, but sorrow. - Aladdin

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

Ours is a nation that does not seek revenge.

In war personal revenge maintains its silence.

War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for the evil. Put it out of his power to do wrong.

It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one.

I believe that it is impossible to end hatred with hatred.

We must endeavor to forget our former love for them [the British] and to hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice.

Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.

[The official prosecutors] ... were more vengeful on behalf of our injuries than I myself could ever be.

Make not the scars of yesterdayMake you bitter todayYesterday has passedAnd like water in a river once passed Can never be returnedThe KhoiSan Book of Wisdom

It's worse for you. You want the guilt to absolve you. Just like you want your wife and child to absolve you. Once absolved, you can kill or take soup.

When the war's over, I'll be kind.

Ultimately all kinds of fights end at forgiveness.

The best gift that we can give to our enemy is not war, but forgiveness and peace.

War or violence never can destroy enemies, only forgiveness can do that.

Revenge is possible only if you spare the enemy.

One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate, , , The obliteration of memory.

3. War Peace & Action - 3B.02 LOVE & PEACEHatred goes not by hatred, Violence not by violence, Disappear hatred and violence, By love, understanding, non-violence.[241] - 3B

If you want peace in your life, you have to stop declaring war.

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