"Forgive that you may be forgiven."
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"To be social is to be forgiving."
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"Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love."
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. For the least sin, it wouldn't take us longTo get so we had no one left to live with.For to be social is to be forgiving."
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"Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing."
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"It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much."
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"Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive."
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"Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?"
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"Forgiveness is God's command."
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"Take it slowly. The deepest resentments are wrapped up in a lot of hurt and pain. We think we're protecting ourselves by not forgiving. Acknowledge that and go easy on yourself. Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile. Forgiveness is a powerful yet challenging tool that will support and honor you, even in the most extreme circumstances."
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"We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive; but the very fact we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing practice."
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"Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life."
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"Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be."
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"I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only."
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"I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you."
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"Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace."
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"Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness."
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"Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence."
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"The more people know, the more they forgive."
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"Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back."
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