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There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,' returned the nephew. 'Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that- as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! ↗

— Charles Dickens

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I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood. ↗

— Brother Yun

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Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

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I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred. ↗

— Abdul Qadeer Khan

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I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins. ↗

— Alveda King

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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion. ↗

— Andrea Thompson

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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness. ↗

— Billy Graham

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