Forgiveness Quote by Desmond Tutu

“The only antidote to the irreversibility of history is the faculty of forgiveness.”

— Hannah Arendt

“Forgiveness empties the past of its power to empty the present of its peace.”

— L.R. Knost

“The attempt of a nation to defy the course of its judgment, apart from repentance, will, instead, set in motion a chain of events…

— Jonathan Cahn

“We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless in the principle of forgiveness to the powerful.”

— Christopher Hayes

“Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We have to believe that forgiveness is still possible even if those we committed crimes against will not forgive us. It means what matters…

— Heather Anastasiu

“If from the prodigal son, we learned how to repent, from the father, we learn how to forgive. Long before the offender came to…

— Dami Olu

“He used to believe that to forgive was to allow an offense to go unpunished. Now he finally understood that forgiveness was not about…

— Sherry Thomas

“When we refuse to forgive others of their wrongs - even blaming them for our circumstances - we cripple ourselves from moving forward.”

— Michelle Brown

“Forgiveness is a process of rebuilding of people’s lives to learn to live in reconciliation with each other, despite what happened.”

— Daniel D. Maurer

“Their guilt plus their repentance should have equalled forgiveness. But they don’t feel forgiven, so they failed, which makes them feel guilty, which was…

— Geoffrey Wood

“We do repent not to be forgiven, but because we are forgiven.”

— Alin Sav