Since I love him so much, I can easily forgive him for loving himself.
God have mercy on his miserable soul! and make him see and feel his guilt — I ask no other vengeance! If he could but fully know and truly feel my wrongs I should be well avenged, and I could freely pardon all.
Let each look to his own heart: let him not keep hatred against his brother for any hard word; on account of earthly contention let him not become earth.
— Augustine of Hippo
Ethics
Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.
— Dag Hammarskjöld
Forgiveness
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
— Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness
If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion, peace.
— Eckhart Tolle
Compassion
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
— Elbert Hubbard
Forgiveness
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
Forgiveness