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Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they renounce their own righteousness too. They get no praise for their achievements or sacrifices. They cannot have righteousness except by hungering and thirsting for it (this applies equally to their own righteousness and to the righteousness of God on Earth), always they look forward to the future righteousness of God, but they cannot establish it for themselves. Those who follow Jesus grow hungry and thirsty on the way. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness. It's Buddhist philosophy or something spiritual jargon that you're trying to live up to but you're just using it against yourself as a reason why you're not okay. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

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Forgiveness is a choice you can make to free yourself from the shackles of your past, from pain, hurt and resentment. Forgiveness is your road to inner freedom. It does not mean that you need to forget, deny or condone what has transpired. You choose to forgive because forgiveness is the only way to transcend painful experiences and to attain inner peace and freedom. Transcending Abuse & Betrayal. ↗

— Sasha Samy

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Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. ↗

— Roberto Assagioli

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Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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Sometimes... the first step to forgiveness is realizing that the other person... is batshit crazy. ↗

— Michelle Bartlett

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Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made. ↗

— Neil T. Anderson

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The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one. -Kenshin to Eiji ↗

— Watsuki Nobuhiro

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In the bible it says you have to forgive seventy times seven. I want you all to know, I'm keeping a chart. ↗

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

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