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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

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

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

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

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.