"As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe."
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"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another."
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"Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in."
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"To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness."
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"The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago."
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"Good people are always so sure they're right."
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"Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf."
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"Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing."
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"Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin."
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"The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly."
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"Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile."
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"To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems Omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope, till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory."
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"The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable."
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"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."
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"We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them."
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"Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge."
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"God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver."
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"I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness."
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"Be gful to the man who cares nothing for your remorse. You are his equal."
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"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different."
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