The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

There is no love without forgiveness and there is no forgiveness without love.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost and was found is saved from being lost again.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Forgotten is forgiven.

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love prayer and forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith forgiveness absolution extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic no matter how lapsed they are.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith about being held about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

Well I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.