For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? ― bell hooks

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

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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.

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Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

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