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.
-- Mishkat Al-massabaih
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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.
-- Hannah Arendt
1906-1975, German-born American Political Philosopher
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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.
-- St. Augustine
354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, Theologian
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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.
-- St. Augustine
354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, Theologian
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You should pardon many things in others, nothing in yourself.
-- Auson
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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
-- Decimus Magnus Ausonius
310-10395, Latin Poet, Man of Letters
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.
-- Josiah Bailey
1873-1946, American Senator
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