Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of read more

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

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.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.

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

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

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. read more

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. The things we should have done. I think forgiving yourself is more important than forgiving anyone else and it's often the hardest.