But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly.
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.
Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Now we come to forgiveness. Don’t worry about forgiving me right now. There are more important things. For instance: keep the others safe, if they are safe. Don’t let them suffer too much. If they have to die, let it be fast. You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.[She is reciting the Lord’s prayer]
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to contemn!
If she had hurt me, I could have forgiven her without even having to think about it; but I couldn’t forgive her for being hurt.
I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
Forgiveness was not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.
