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.

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

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

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

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

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

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.