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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
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
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
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
Forgive many
things in others; nothing in yourself.
-- Decimus Magnus Ausonius
310-10395, Latin Poet, Man of
Letters
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
They who
forgive most shall be most forgiven.
-- Josiah Bailey
1873-1946, American Senator
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