And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of read more

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.

Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...

Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

What if this cursed hand
Where thicker than itself with brother's blood,
Is there not rain enough read more

What if this cursed hand
Where thicker than itself with brother's blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow?

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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.

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.