Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells…

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When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we...

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we...

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we...

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we...

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory....

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and...

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and...

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;...

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

To be social is to be forgiving

To be social is to be forgiving

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember...

And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their souls remember...

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither...

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither...

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive...

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive...