A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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

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

Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself.

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

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

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

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

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.