The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

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

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.