Forgiveness Quotes - Page 27

• Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Friendship, War, Men

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• One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina, remember the families of the nine victims, how they brought a community together during the worst atrocity in our state's history, i am thankful that I live in a country where forgiveness can be seen in the worst of conditions.

  Tim Scott

  Country, People, Community

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• Through strife the slumbering soul awakes, We learn on error's troubled route The truths we could not prize without The sorrow of our sad mistakes.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Mistake, Errors, Soul

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.1139, Delphi Classics

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• The sin was mine; I did not understand. So now is music prisoned in her cave, Save where some ebbing desultory wave Frets with its restless whirls this meagre strand.

  Oscar Wilde

  Caves, Sin, Wave

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, p.126, Oscar Wilde

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• Don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long... If we wait too long to forgive, our rage settles in and claims squatter's rights to our souls.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Rights, Long, Waiting

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• And he who has dwelt with his heart alone, Hears all the music in friendship's tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Heart, Sorrow, Would Be

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.67, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains and will ever remain, so long as man retains unchanged the will to sin, or is intent upon committing it.

  Catherine of Genoa

  Men, Long, Guilt

  Don Cattaneo Marabotto, St. Catherine of Genoa (2015). “The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa”, p.208, TAN Books

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• Humility and ascetic hardship free a man from all sin, for the one cuts out the passions of the soul, the other those of the body. This is what the blessed David indicates when he prays to God, saying, "Look on my humility and my toil, and forgive all my sins" (Ps. 25:18).

  Maximus the Confessor

  Blessed, Passion, Humility

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• It is, therefore, not proper for God thus to pass over sin unpunished.

  Anselm of Canterbury

  Sin

  St. Anselm of Canterbury “Anselm's Philosophy”, Lulu.com

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• In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

  Francis Bacon

  Revenge, Anger, Men

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.515

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• A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

  Francis Bacon

  Revenge, Anger, Men

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Revenge'

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• They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

  Philip Neri

  Prayer, Real, Heart

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.41, St Athanasius Press

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• We cannot with all our heart forgive someone who does us wrong unless we possess real knowledge. For this knowledge shows us that we deserve all we experience.

  Marcus Eremita

  Real, Heart, Forgiving

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• The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Spiritual, Peace

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• Temper justice with mercy.

  John Milton

  Justice, Mercy, Temper

  John Milton (1754). “Milton's Paradise Lost; Or, The Fall of Man: With Historical, Philosophical, Critical, & Explanatory Notes”, p.317

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• It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

  George Eliot

  Too Much, Judgment, Pardon

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.704, Wordsworth Editions

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• Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

  Albert Camus

  Happiness, Success, Happy

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.80, Vintage

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• Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Moving On, Time

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• Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.

  Joel Osteen

  Choices

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• If you feel "stuck" today, you may want to examine what you're holding on to. Be willing let go of past disappointments by choosing forgiveness. Who hurt you? Who wronged you? Release it to God. Do you need to forgive yourself? Do you need to receive God's forgiveness? Let go of the past so you can overcome disappointments and experience the bright future God has in store for you! There is freedom in forgetting!

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Hurt, Disappointment

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• You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison.

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Hurt, People

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• Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

  Confucius

  Love, Spiritual, Giving

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• In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

  Hannah Arendt

  Revenge, Character, Forgiving

  Hannah Arendt (2013). “The Human Condition: Second Edition”, p.241, University of Chicago Press

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• Living well is the best revenge.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

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• The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Love, Philosophy, Stupidity

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