“Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.”
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forgiveness
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.”
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“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
“One forgives to the degree that one loves.”
“The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.”
“If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.”
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.”
“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”
“Forgiveness is God's command.”
“If there is a God, he'll have to beg my forgiveness.”
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“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.”
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.”
“Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.”
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.”
“To err is human to forgive, divine.”
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
“To be social is to be forgiving.”
“God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.”
“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”