You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish read more

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; read more

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is read more

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.

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For read more

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. read more

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. The things we should have done. I think forgiving yourself is more important than forgiving anyone else and it's often the hardest.