Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

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

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

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

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

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

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.