Forgiveness Quote by William Sloane Coffin

“We live in a society that shuns guilt, hardly knows it. It is drummed into us: "Don't feel guilty." No one wants to pay…

— Robert Dykstra

“(Evil people) do not believe in forgiveness. Their transgressions are either punished or not punished. That is the only result that matters.”

— Daniel McHugh

“The truth is that very few understand the truth about forgiveness. It is not the culprits who need to be forgiven; rather it is…

— Margaret Atwood

“forgiveness happens when you know that the other is not responsible.”

— Sri Amma Bhagwan

“Forgiveness is not contingent upon what someone else does or doesn’t do.”

— Michelle Stimpson

“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

“Allowing one’s self to be forgiven is just as hard as forgiving. Harder in some ways. Because to be forgiven, one first has to…

— Laura Lippman

“It is easy to forgive the innocent. It is the guilty who test our morality. People are more than the worst thing they have…

— Helen Prejean

“Forgiveness is a matter of choice, not feelings. We demonstrate true forgiveness when we refuse to brood over the sins committed against us.”

— Randy Alcorn

“It is strange the way that someone who wants to find you guilty can start to make you believe in your own guilt, even…

— S.J. Parris

“The guilt is cleansed by the grace of God..”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“genuinely righteous people invariably become more aware of their personal guilt and need for forgiveness than those who have become so foul and hard…

— D.A. Carson