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• Will not God, who has commanded men to act thus, do as much himself and even more? For God commanded Peter to forgive till seventy times seven.

  Poemen

  Men, Forgiving, Seven

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• Now, there was an anchorite called Timothy in a coenobium. The abbot, having heard of a brother who was being tempted, asked Timothy about him, and the anchorite advised him to drive the brother away. Then when he had been driven away, the brother's temptation fell upon Timothy to the point where he was in danger. Then Timothy stood up before God and said, "I have sinned. Forgive me." Then a voice came which said to him, "Timothy, the only reason I have done this to you is because you despised your brother in the time of his temptation."

  Poemen

  Brother, Voice, Forgive Me

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• There is no thirst of the soul so consuming as the desire for pardon. The sense of its bestowal is the starting-point of all goodness. It comes bringing with it, if not the freshness of innocence, yet a glow of inspiration that nerves feeble hands for hard tasks, a fire of hope that lights anew the old high ideal, so that it stands before the eye in clear relief, beckoning to make it out on its own.

  Charles Brent

  Inspiration, Eye, Fire

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• The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Differences, Forgiving, Opinion

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• Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which is better than us.

  Stephen Covey

  Forgiving, Excellence, Accepting

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• Let us forget and forgive injuries.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Forgive And Forget, Forgiving, Injury

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1749). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by mr. Motteux. Ozell”, p.40

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• Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

  Seneca the Elder

  Anger, Half, Poison

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• In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

  Hannah Arendt

  Revenge, Character, Forgiving

  Hannah Arendt (2013). “The Human Condition: Second Edition”, p.241, University of Chicago Press

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• Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

  Confucius

  Love, Spiritual, Giving

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• You must forgive the people who hurt you so you can get out of prison. You'll never be free until you do. Let go of hose wrongs they've done to you. Get that bitterness out of your life. That's the only way you're going to truly be free. You will be amazed at what can happen in your life when you release all that poison.

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Hurt, People

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• If you feel "stuck" today, you may want to examine what you're holding on to. Be willing let go of past disappointments by choosing forgiveness. Who hurt you? Who wronged you? Release it to God. Do you need to forgive yourself? Do you need to receive God's forgiveness? Let go of the past so you can overcome disappointments and experience the bright future God has in store for you! There is freedom in forgetting!

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Hurt, Disappointment

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• Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.

  Joel Osteen

  Choices

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• FORGIVE The People That Hurt You. God Will Pay You Back With Double The Joy...Double The Victory.

  Joel Osteen

  Hurt, People, Joy

  Twitter post from Dec 28, 2012

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• Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Moving On, Time

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• Women do not often have it in their power to give like men, but they forgive like Heaven.

  Suzanne Curchod

  Men, Giving, Heaven

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• The whole human race loses by every act of personal vengeance.

  Rae Foley

  Revenge, Race, Vengeance

  Rae Foley (1961). “It's Murder, Mr. Potter”

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• The United States grants the favors of the second, third, or fifty-seventh chance, and its citizens remain free to invent for themselves whatever character draws a crowd or pays the rent.

  Bill Vaughan

  Character, United States, Citizens

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• 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

  Pride, Rights, Guarantees That

  FaceBook post by Frederick Buechner from Jun 21, 2013

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• My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!

  Emily Dickinson

  Friendship, Forgive Me, Forgiving

  Emily Dickinson (2012). “Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.159, Courier Corporation

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• The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.

  Harold B. Lee

  Bears, Life Is, Sin

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• I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

  Frank Knox

  Believe, Heart, Men

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• Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.

  Billy Graham

  Depth, Holiness, Sin

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.

  Rollo May

  Protest, Remains, Dependent

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• Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Sin

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “The Five Red Herrings”, p.245, Open Road Media

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• To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven.

  Bernadette Roberts

  Needs, Enough, Ends

  Bernadette Roberts (2005). “What is Self?: A Study of the Spiritual Journey in Terms of Consciousness”, p.16, Sentient Publications

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