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Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.
Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.
If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be read more
If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
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.
Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.
Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.
Forgiveness is better than revenge.
Forgiveness is better than revenge.
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.
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.
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. -Henry Ward Beecher.
