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

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

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

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

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead the living have no right to forget.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.