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

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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...

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something...

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something...

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 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.

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...

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....

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.

I can assure you that I've asked for forgiveness.

I can assure you that I've asked for forgiveness.

There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on...

There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask...

Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the...

I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel.

I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel.

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;...

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been...

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been...

Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant.

Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant.

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home...

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home...