To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

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.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

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.

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.

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.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings.

She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense,
Sex to the last.

She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense,
Sex to the last.