| Forgiveness Quotes |
 |
 |
 |
|
More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion. A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. To understand is to forgive, even oneself. The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. 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. Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. 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. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government. The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible. Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him. When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. Forgiveness means letting go of the past. The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget. God will forgive me. It's his job. The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting. Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it. One forgives to the degree that one loves. To err is human; to forgive, divine. When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. Forgiveness is the final form of love.
|
Categories
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.
