Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.
To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.
And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.
One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.
We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.
When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.
I made a very poor decision in my first marriage. I know God's forgiven me.
I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just couldn't be a bystander.
There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.
It is a lie that our anger justifies our impulse to hurt or ignore our antagonists. We are to forgive to be forgiven. To wait for them to repent before we forgive and repent is to allow them to choose for us a delay which could cost us happiness here and hereafter.
One would be forgiven for concluding that the assumed benefits of financial innovation are not all they were cracked up to be.
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.
I don't have mom issues or dad issues. I think I have found peace about many things in my past. I have forgiven and asked to be forgiven.
I don't think I'm ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I'm not on TV that much.
There's nothing Trump can do that won't be forgiven.
When you first hear the name 'Max Irons,' you'd be forgiven for assuming that Marvel comics has come up with a new superhero.
All men are chums who will never leave each other in the lurch. A chum doesn't forgive, he just forgets - women forgive everything but never forget. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.
If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively marginal significance.
My god is all gods in one. When I see a beautiful sunset, I worship the god of Nature; when I see a hidden action brought to light, I worship the god of Truth; when I see a bad man punished and a good man go free, I worship the god of Justice; when I see a penitent forgiven, I worship the god of Mercy.
If you haven't forgiven someone, it does not hurt that person. They're sleeping at night. You're holding onto that, and all the damage is being done to you internally.
Oh, hour of forgiven sin, moment of perfect pardon, our soul shall never forget you while, within you, life and being find immortality!
