| Forgiveness
is one of the most important first steps to ending conflicts in our families,
our communities and between nations.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein Learning
to let things go and forgive isn't always easy, but when we truly forgive, it
helps foster better health, better relationships, a deeper sense of purpose and
self worth and a feeling of connection to others.
--
Robert Alan Silverstein |  |
 | We
specifically raised agrarian issues to encourage both conflicting parties to find
something in common. Our strategy worked. The people eventually agreed to put
aside their religious differences and sit together to reach agreements that could
sustain reconciliation.
-- Dewi
Rana Amir |
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"We
cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt
and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for
hate --- thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising."
-- Maya Angelou |
Our anger and annoyance
are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
--Marcus Aurelius
Be angry, and yet
do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.
-- Henry
Ward Beecher *
“I
can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.
Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so
that it never can be shown against one.”
-- Henry
Ward Beecher |
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Whosoever
shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
-- The Bible,
Matthew 5:39
There
is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
-- Josh Billings
Life
appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.
-- Charlotte Bronte
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"Forgiving
is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means
looking at some slight you feel, putting yourself in the position of the other
person, and wiping away any sort of resentment and antagonism you feel toward
them. Then let that other person know that everything is perfectly friendly and
normal between you."
~ Jimmy
Carter “One
of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations.
. . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there
should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting
to combat”
~ Jimmy
Carter |
Anger
makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
-- Cherie Carter-Scott
Forgo
your anger for a moment and save yourself a hundred days of trouble.
-- Chinese
proverb
"The
man who opts for revenge should dig two graves."
-- Chinese proverb
The
price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.
-- Elderidge Cleaver
"I think forgiveness
is an aspect of our humanity. I think a lot of as are brought up to believe that
if we don't somehow forgive, whatever it is that's ailing, troubling, angering,
enraging or shaming us, or getting us in any way worked up, is going to live longer
without forgiveness, whether it's ourselves or others we're forgiving."
--
Robert Coles
When
anger rises, think of the consequences.
-- Confucius
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People
can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on
-- Bill
Cosby |
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We
plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds
of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.
-- Dorothy Day
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“teach
myself to see each of us
through the lens of forgiveness
-- Ani
DiFranco
“teach myself to see each of us
through the lens of forgiveness
like
we're stuck with each other (god forbid!)
teach myself to smile and stop
and talk
to a whole other color kid
teach myself to be new in an instant
like the truth is accessible at any time
teach myself it's never really
one or the other
there's a paradox in every paradigm.
-- Ani
DiFranco
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The
only way children can learn the habit of forgiveness is by seeing us, their parents,
forgive others and forgive ourselves.
-- Naomi
Drew Peace
is not possible without forgiveness.
-- Naomi
Drew The
freedom to be at peace in our own skins - that’s what forgiveness allows. We relinquish
this freedom when we hold onto anger and resentment. Enormous amounts of energy
are wasted when we hold back our love, hold onto hate, and harbor acrimonious
feelings. The only remedy is letting go, and being willing to forgive.
--
Naomi Drew
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Reconciliation
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- April 2
Forgiveness
Day
- First Sunday in August
