Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness.
Copy QuoteDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Copy Quote View & ShareThank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
Copy Quote View & ShareTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
Copy Quote View & ShareForgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Copy Quote View & ShareChildren begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
Copy Quote View & ShareForgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
Copy Quote View & ShareNever forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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