Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong - Mahatma Gandhi

The best revenge is to live well - Friedrich Nietzsche

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at - Laurence Sterne

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence - Sholem Asch

Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury - Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I think my expectations may be too high; maybe my intolerance of disrespect stunts compassion to human beings who have simply made a mistake or were affected by the social climate of their upbringing. Compromise and forgiveness may be abilities I need to play up - Oxford Muse, 2005

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself - Publilius Syrus

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned - Buddha (563?-483? BC)

From bitter searching of the heart , Quickened with passion and with pain, We rise to play a greater part - Leonard Cohen, from Villanelle for our Time

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge -- Isaac Friedmann