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“Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.”

DAVID AUGSBURGER
WRITER, ANABAPTIST AUTHOR
FORGIVENESS

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”

HONORE DE BALZAC
NOVELIST
FORGIVENESS

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”

JOSH BILLINGS [HENRY WHEELER SHAW]
HUMORIST, ESSAYIST
FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement.”

HORACE BUSHNELL
CLERGYMAN, THEOLOGIAN
FORGIVENESS

“Life is an adventure in forgiveness.”

NORMAN COUSINS
EDITOR, WRITER
FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.”

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
MINISTER, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

MARK TWAIN
[SAMUEL CLEMENS] HUMORIST, ESSAYIST, NOVELIST
FORGIVENESS

“Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time”

SARA PADDISON
AUTHOR
FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. ”

DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
SWEDISH POLITICAL LEADER, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
FORGIVENESS

“And as for the final sphere of love and friendship, I can only say it gets harder once the natural communities of college and hometown are gone... It takes work and commitment, demands toleration for human frailties, forgiveness for the inevitable disappointment and betrayals that come even with the best of relationships.”

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AMERICAN BIOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN
COMPASSION
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