Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.
Interpretation
Forgiveness is about letting go of resentment, not excusing wrongdoing.
This quote by Desmond Tutu emphasizes the true essence of forgiveness. It clarifies that forgiving someone does not equate to accepting or condoning their actions; rather, it involves relinquishing the desire for revenge or retribution. Such an act of forgiveness is not only a personal liberation from anger and hurt but also a moral stance that emphasizes compassion over vengeance.
In practice
In a public speaking event discussing conflict resolution, one might say, 'As Desmond Tutu wisely stated, forgiveness does not mean condoning what's done...'
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
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if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.
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If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.
People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part' on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the muscles helps the body to become temporarily unconscious of its weight, its pain, its weariness, and the foreknowledge of its doom.
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.
You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its kind.
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