Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Quotes

• Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

  Forgiveness, Doe, Deeds

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (2013). “A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer”, p.112, Portobello Books

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• Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

  Forgiveness, Chance, Perpetrators

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (2013). “A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer”, p.124, Portobello Books

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• an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed his crime.

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

  Forgiveness, Crime, Victim

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• For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge. Others of course don't care, and they continue acting with contempt.

  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

  Forgiveness, Giving, Challenges

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