If only I wasn't an atheist I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

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

Forgiveness is an act of the will and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

For me forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Every year during their High Holy Days the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

God pardons like a mother who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.