I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

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

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

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

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

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.

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