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

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

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

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

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

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

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

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.