Quotes by Forgiveness Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. Frederick Buechner forgiveness ignorance peace To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call it quits between us. Both my pride and my principles demand no less. However, although I make no guarantees that I will be able to forget what you've done, and though we may both carry the scars for life, I refuse to let it stand between us. I still want you for my friend. Frederick Buechner forgiveness pride rights Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any. Frederick William Faber forgiveness faith kindness We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. Frederick William Robertson conquer forgiveness winning By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in human nature; by a strong sense of God's love; by long and disciplined realization of the atoning love of Christ; only thus can we get a free, manly, large, princely spirit of forgiveness. Frederick William Robertson forgiveness strong long As long as we love, we can forgive. Francois de La Rochefoucauld forgiveness love long The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness. Frederick William Robertson forgiveness forgiving men As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. Friedrich Schiller forgiveness friendship world We pardon to the extent that we love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld pardon-me forgiveness love The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the wrong. Fulton J. Sheen forgiveness religious god We pardon as long as we love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld forgiveness love long Forgiveness is the divinest of victories. Friedrich Schiller forgiveness victory Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Garrison Keillor forgiveness thanksgiving thank-you Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself. Gary Chapman power-of-forgiveness forgiveness love-is Forgiveness involves pardon. Basically, that is like erasing their offenses toward us from a marking board. We immediately wash their offenses away like a wave washing away a message in the sand. Second, forgiveness involves caring for the offending person because most people who offend us have something in their own heart that needs healing. When we forgive others, they are released from our anger and we are healed by God. Gary Smalley forgiveness christian god In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes. Garrison Keillor forgiveness lakes mistake If the people around you are spiteful and callous and will not hear you, fall down before them and beg their forgiveness; for in truth you are to blame for their not wanting to hear you. Fyodor Dostoevsky forgiveness people fall If you choose to forgive someone who has wronged you rather than to hate that person, you shift the frequency of your Light. Gary Zukav forgiveness hate light Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. Friedrich Nietzsche forgiveness trust powerful And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself? Friedrich Nietzsche forgiveness success life «910111213141516171819»