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

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

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

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

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

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

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

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

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.