Forgiveness

 

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

– Gerald Jampolsky

 

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

– Buddha

 

Reconciliation is more beautiful than victory.

– Violeta Barrios de Chamorro

 

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive, but do not forget.

– Thomas Szasz

 

Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.

– Zoe Akins

 

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.

– Charlotte Bronte

 

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.” Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note – torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one.

– Henry Ward Beecher

 

I know now that patriotism is not enough; I must have no hatred and bitterness toward anyone.

Edith Cavell

 

How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember, form the most personal map of our individuality.

– Christina Baldwin

 

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

– Peter Ustinov

 

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. … But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

– Ellen Goodman

 

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

– Hannah Arendt

 

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the crudest words.

– Dr. Joyce Brothers

 

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy; its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

– Charlotte Bronte

 

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

– Norman Cousins