Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.

Quote by Dag Hjalmar Agn Carl Hammarskjold

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent....

Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent....

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And I retired isolated in my corner of world again, seeking to understand what is...

And I retired isolated in my corner of world again, seeking to understand what is...

The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else.

The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else.

If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where...

If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where...

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate

Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too...

Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

The best way to know God is to love many things.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

One should never take the easy road, but rather the right road, no matter how...

One should never take the easy road, but rather the right road, no matter how...

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Love touched her heart, and lo! It beats high, and burns with such brave hearts.

Love touched her heart, and lo! It beats high, and burns with such brave hearts.

My work is done why wait.

My work is done why wait.

To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead --somewhere these...

To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead --somewhere these...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

Absence from the person you love is only healthy in theory.

Absence from the person you love is only healthy in theory.

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly...

Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly...

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...