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Quotes about forgiveness
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. (Coco James)
Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life. (Coco James)
Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it. (Coco James)
In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action. (Coco James)
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. (Coco James)
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. (Coco James)
You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself. (Coco James)
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. (Coco James)
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. (Coco James)
They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. (Coco James)
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. (Coco James)
I never forgive, but I always forget. (Coco James)
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. (Coco James)
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. (Coco James)
Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men. (Coco James)
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. (Coco James)
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. (Coco James)
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive. (Coco James)
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. (Coco James)
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. (Coco James)
Forgive those who have hurt you. (Coco James)
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. (Coco James)
We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. (Coco James)
Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine. (Coco James)
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. (Coco James)
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