#forgiveness

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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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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It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins. ↗

— Karl Barth

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work. ↗

— Harlan Coben

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My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness. ↗

— Janine Turner

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Without forgiveness, there's no future. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness. ↗