For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not...

When I was a little girl my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans like, do un to others and two wrongs don’t make...

If we choose to hold onto the past and cling to hurt, anger, or whatever, He can’t set us free of it. He won’t take those things by force.

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the...

…and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth.

Look deeply into your soul. You have enough grace and strength to overcome any struggle.

Revenge is a bad policy if you gain nothing out of it, but under the same circumstances, forgiveness is even a worse one.

When the actions of others no longer matter, then you will have succeeded within your own mind.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness

These are the few ways we can practice humility:To speak as little as possible of one’s self.To mind one’s own business.Not to want to manage other people’s affairs.To avoid curiosity.To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.To...

The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

Apologizing is different from begging, it doesn’t change your status, go ahead and get on your knees, spill tears if you got it, for the person you offended, if at all you had a place...

What you cant forget… God cant remember!

I will never forget what you did to me. I will never forgive it. I will never stop mourning what you stole from me. But I realize now I can’t steal it back and I’m...

…it’s easy to express romantic love – harder to manage daily love – to forgive failings close to feelings – to divide self from soul…

There’s no task in this life more difficult than forgiving a loved one,when we’re hurt by someone we love,something breaks inside us that leaves us paralyzed and unable to think clearly,if your love was true...

Just remember, someday you might be asking for forgiveness. And if that day were to come, you would want it, wouldn’t you?

The trust of those in dark need is forgiving work.

There are things without explanation, moments when life will become arranged in such odd ways that you imagine a whole vocabulary of meaning inside them. The breakfast smell struck me like that.

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.

More Miracles occur from Gratitude and Forgiveness than anything else

Is God-like forgiveness humanly possible? Yes, if it remains God’s work! Forgiveness is not something we can accomplish on our own or within our own power (no more than we make the kingdom of God...

Forgiveness is not an emotion, it’s a decision.

Forgiveness is the key to the heart’s shackles.

I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t still broken.

No matter what goals you set to accomplish always remember there is a thing known as life which you should never forget to live and enjoy.

What allowed me to take that first step, to choose growth and risk rejection? In the fixed mindset, I had needed my blame and bitterness. It made me feel more righteous, powerful, and whole than...

To live a wonderful life create more, buy less, hug more, scold less, give more, take less, forgive more, worry less and be grateful everyday for life.

It is important not to suppress your feelings altogether when you are depressed. It is equally important to avoid terrible arguments or expressions of outrage. You should steer clear of emotionally damaging behavior. People forgive,...

We don’t forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it—because we need it.

Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul’s immortality is the only true immortality—

I stand and feel an overpowering urge to forgive, because I realize that my father can’t help himself, that he never could help himself, any more than he could understand himself.

How about another run?

I know he’s a good person. And he said he was sorry. And I love him. And when you love a person, you have to forgive him sometimes.

Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.

As for the majority, it is not so much race as it is political affiliation that really divides it today. What was once an issue of physical difference is now one of intellectual difference. Men...

Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely supposed to be a hospital for the spiritually, emotionally, mentally,...

In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be...

He believed in God even if he was doubtful of men’s claims to know God’s mind. But that a God unable to forgive was no God at all.

The symbols and the gifts and the tools of Awakening are noticed everywhere once you have opened your heart to them. They are free and Freely Given. They come with blessings and with no cost...

I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger–to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn’t wait for them to...

Tiny Men, hold tall grudges

As long as we share our stories, as long as our stories reveal our strengths and vulnerabilities to each other, we reinvigorte our understanding and tolerance for the little quirks of personality that in other...

Anger keeps us down and hinders us from moving forward. Its power is strengthened by our longing for justice.

When it comes to love, your point of view, your imagination and your energy can carry you through anything. As you love, it will spill over to everyone and everything you encounter and beyond. There...

Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours.

Incidentally, I really agree with those who say that the capacity to forgive says something about the essential quality of a person. I’m the lowest grade.”I didn’t mean to criticize you.”I promise to be better...

Do all the good you can while you still have the opportunity.