Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.
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.
To err is human, to forgive is divine.
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]
My mother’s face floated to mind, a pale, reproachful moon, at her last and first visit to the asylum since my twentieth birthday. A daughter in an asylum! I had done that to her. Still, she had obviously decided to forgive me.
Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.
Incidentally, I really agree with those who say that the capacity to forgive says something about the essential quality of a person. I’m the lowest grade.
