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

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

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

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.

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

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

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

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

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

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