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.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
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Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!

I pardon him as God shall pardon me.

I pardon him as God shall pardon me.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive read more

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive our friends.

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.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish read more

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
[Lat., Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum
Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari.]