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

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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

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

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.