Compassion Quote by Bell Hooks

We will only begin to forgive when we can look upon the wrongdoers as ourselves, neither better nor worse. We need to remember that…

— Leo Buscaglia

Forgiveness works two ways, in most instances. People have to forgive themselves too. The powerful have to forgive themselves for their behavior. That should…

— Sidney Poitier

“In every instance, forgiveness morphs into a self-serving tool of manipulation we use to control other people. Inside our clouded minds, we convince ourselves…

— Chad Bird

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

— Jennifer O'Neill

“Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind…

— Desmond Tutu

“Forgiveness is a conscious choice to become more liberated and less constrained by the past. This simple act of changing one’s mindset can be…

— Brent Green

What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?

— James Forman, Jr

Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that will not rest in the grave of things over and done with.…

— Lewis B. Smedes

Understand our own limitation and our humanity.We can see our failure as human mistakes.We realize that we will never be perfect, disappoint our self…

— Shirley

It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will…

— Eckhart Tolle

In our relations with the people around us, we forgive them more readily for what they do, which they can help, than for what…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

I just find in our world that forgiveness is becoming more and more a difficult thing for us to do.

— Tavis Smiley