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"As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past." (On Americans who avoided conscription during the Vietnam War, to Veterans of Foreign Wars)"	Gerald R. Ford
"But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely."	Charles Dickens
"Christians rejoice because God is their heavenly Father who forgives the penitent, because God sent his Son into the world for the salvation of all who have faith, because Jesus Christ not only died but was raised again from the dead and because joy is one of the ninefold fruits of the Spirit."	W. G. Morrice
"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."	Oren Arnold
"Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run."	(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you."	Sir William Arthur
"Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself."	Ausonius
"Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense."	Robert Lee Frost
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."	John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."	Robert Lee Frost
"Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice."	Dag Hjalmar Agné Carl Hammarskjold
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude."	Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is borken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean."	Dag Hjalmar Agné Carl Hammarskjold
"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."	Mark Twain
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."	Hannah Arendt
"Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge."	Isaac Friedmann
"Forgiveness means letting go of the past."	Gerald Jampolsky
"Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable."	John D. MacDonald
"Get rid of imagined guilt. You did the best you could at the time, all things considered. If you made mistakes, learn to accept that we are all imperfect. Only hindsight is 20-20. If you are convinced that you have real guilt, consider professional or spiritual counseling (with a competent and trustworthy counselor). If you believe in God a pastor can help you believe also in God's forgiveness."	Amy Hillyard Jensen
"He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass."	George Herbert
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Albert Camus	Alexander Chase	Amy Hillyard Jensen
Ausonius	Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu	Charles Dickens
Dag Hjalmar Agné Carl Hammarskjold	Edwin Hubbel Chapin	Elbert Hubbard
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson	Erma Louise Bombeck	Friedrich Nietzsche
George Herbert	Gerald Jampolsky	Gerald R. Ford
Hannah Arendt	Hazrat Inayat Khan	Henry Ward Beecher
Honoré de Balzac	Isaac Friedmann	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
James Grand	Jesse Louis Jackson	Joan Borysenko
John D. MacDonald	John Fitzgerald Kennedy	John Fredericksen
Josh Billings	Karl Barth	Louis Johannot
Mark Twain	Marquis de Sade	Martin Luther
Martin Luther King, Jr.	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	Norman Cousins
Olin Miller	Oren Arnold	Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Quentin Crisp	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Robert Lee Frost
Saint Augustine	Sir Francis Bacon	Sir William Arthur
William Blake	W. G. Morrice	(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling