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The fairest action of our human life
Is scorning to revenge an injury;
For who forgives without read more
The fairest action of our human life
Is scorning to revenge an injury;
For who forgives without a further strife,
His adversary's heart to him doth tie:
And 'tis a firmer conquest, truly said,
To win the heart than overthrow the head.
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to
grant it to others.
[Lat., Aequum read more
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to
grant it to others.
[Lat., Aequum est
Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus.]
Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey,
Cancel my debt (too great to pay)
Before the sad accounting day.
Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey,
Cancel my debt (too great to pay)
Before the sad accounting day.
These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final read more
These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,
Whose ear is ever open, and his eye
Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.
Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.
To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
