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"Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning."
"To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine."
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
"Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes."
"There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us."
"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools."
"We pardon to the extent that we love."
"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."
"Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."
"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."
"There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?"
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green."
"Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on."
"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."
"The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods."
"On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level."
"You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself."
"Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die."
