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

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

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.

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

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

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

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

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