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She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#resilience #spite #forgiveness

Forgiveness without understanding is like faith without proof. ↗

— Jessica Francis Kane

#forgiveness #faith

There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself. ↗

— Erwin W. Lutzer

#forgiveness

I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#forgiveness

The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good. ↗

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#meditation #persistence #practice #forgiveness

Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life. ↗

— P. Remes

#gratitude #humility #love #modesty #forgiveness

The pow'r I have on you is to spare you / The malice towards you, to forgive you. Posthumus ↗

— William Shakespeare

#power #shakespeare-s-wit #forgiveness

The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#plurality #promise #forgiveness

If there is one single reason why good people turn evil, it is because they fail to recognize God’s ownership over their kingdom, their vocation, their resources, their abilities, and above all their lives. ↗

— Erwin W. Lutzer

#sovereignty-of-god #forgiveness

It was full of wounding remarks rather brilliantly said, perhaps said for the sheer virtuosity of giving pain neatly. Each of its phrases found its way through the eyes of the Marquesa, then, carefully wrapped in understanding and forgiveness, it sank into her heart. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#wounding #writing #forgiveness