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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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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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....

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...

It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the...

It is gratifying to note how scriptural words like justice, peace, forgiveness have become the...

It was his idea to put in the Western Wall in Jerusalem the prayer asking...

It was his idea to put in the Western Wall in Jerusalem the prayer asking...

Forgiveness allows you to focus on the future without combating the past.

Forgiveness allows you to focus on the future without combating the past.

And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive...

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive...

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness.

Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business

And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them...

And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them...

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry...

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry...

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but...

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but...