Category: Forgiveness

If only I wasn't an atheist I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Forgiveness is an act of the will and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

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

For me forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

Every year during their High Holy Days the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

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

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