Quotes About Forgiveness

If the living are haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.

The only person we'll hate more than each other is ourselves.

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back.

There are worse things you can do to people you love than kill them.

It's not true that your life flashes before your eyes when you die. At least, not all of it. Some of your life might flash. Other portions of your life it might take you years and years to recall. That, I think, is the function of Hell: It's a place of remembering. Beyond that, the purpose of Hell is not so much to forget the details of our lives as it is to forgive them.

Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life, keep telling people, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry...

The truth is, Archer tells me, you stay in Hell until you forgive yourself. You fucked up. Game over, he says, so just relax.

This is some­thing I'll go to Hell for.

That's the biggest purpose of religious gathering: permission to look terrible in public. We used to go to church to confess our worst behaviour, to be heard and forgiven, then to be redeemed and accepted back into our community Chuck Palahniuk in interview with TMO

She says that the problem with passive people is that they force you to take action. After that, they hate you for it. They never forgive you.

It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.

She named me Daisy St. Patience and never wanted to know what name I walked in the door with.

There will be mistakes, and maybe the point is not to forget the rest of yourself if one little part might go bad.

If the prodigal son had never left home, the fatted calf would still be alive.

The third most boring thing in the entire world is your sorry-assed past.

When we remember someone as a drunk, a liar, a bully, we're only creating an excuse for our own poor behavior.

There are worse things you can do to the people you love than kill them.

Every unkind remark or crude gesture by others is a blessing, an opportunity to exercise our own capacity to forgive.

I'm the dick that killed Cassie Lynn Wright.

If the prodigal son had never left home, the fattened calf would still be alive.

Purgatory is where you unwrite the book of your life story

For instance, if Jesus Christ had died in prison, with no one watching and with no one there to mourn or torture him, would we be saved?

Imagine if Jesus chased you around, trying to catch you and save your soul. Not just a patient passive God, but a hardworking, aggressive bloodhound. We want the criminal to confess during the trial. We want him to be exposed in the drawing room scene, surrounded by his peers. The detective is a shepherd, and we want the criminal back in the fold, returned to us. We love him. We miss him. We want to hug him. Mona

It's all easy, it's not about looking good at least not on the surface, but you still win. Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life ,keep telling people, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.....