Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness redemption or the futility of revenge.

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 he was an angry relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on its delight is murder and its end is despair.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.

Life being what it is one dreams of revenge.

I can't let my mother's death have been in vain. Democracy is the best revenge and we will have it.

Hunger revenge to sleep are petty foes But only death the jealous eyes can close.