Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
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Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
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.
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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