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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is read more
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. -Israel Zangwill.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; read more
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--on earth it is called Forgiveness!
For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter
Of the Eternal's language;--on earth it is called Forgiveness!
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is read more
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will read more
I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!
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.
