— Much Ado About Nothing
Quotes About Forgiveness
Mark Twain gave forgiveness its most beautiful image: the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Gandhi saw it as a sign of strength, writing that the weak can never forgive, because forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Socrates set the moral rule underneath: one should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him. George Bernard Shaw offered a more cynical method, that the secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. Albert Einstein's line makes part of the case for letting go: anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. Leo Tolstoy wrote of a woman who, feeling the impossibility of struggling, asked God to forgive her everything.
Socrates set the moral rule underneath: one should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him. George Bernard Shaw offered a more cynical method, that the secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. Albert Einstein's line makes part of the case for letting go: anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. Leo Tolstoy wrote of a woman who, feeling the impossibility of struggling, asked God to forgive her everything.
…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever…
— Northanger Abbey
It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed at home.
— Great Expectations
— The Brothers Karamazov
God forgive me everything!’ she said, feeling the impossibility of struggling...
— Anna Karenina
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
— All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet."May God have mercy on you," he said. And erased him from his heart.
— Of Love and Other Demons
To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
— Commentary on Galatians
May the dead forgive me, I can do no other / But as I am commanded; to do more is madness.
— Antigone
We need to remember and remind ourselves where we come from, what we are, our nothingness.
— The Name of God is Mercy
Even when I knew people were cheating me, what was important was how I behaved, because I have to answer to God. I can't be responsible for other people's actions: They will have to answer to God themselves
— The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
We cannot ignore our gift of the future.
— Just Peace: A Message of Hope
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.
Be content with what thou hast received and smooth thy frowning forehead.
My sorrow may bear involuntary witness against you at the judgement Throne; but my angry thoughts or my reproaches never will, I know!
— David Copperfield
To progress is always to begin always to begin again
— Commentary on Romans
Sin is more than a stain. Sin is a wound; it needs to be treated, healed. The place where my encounter with the mercy of Jesus takes place is my sin.
— The Name of God is Mercy
One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind.
— Little Dorrit
God forgives not with a decree but with a caress. Jesus too goes beyond the law and forgives by caressing the wounds of our sins.
— The Name of God is Mercy