Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

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

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

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.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.