Forgiveness quotes, explained
Letting go, making peace and forgiving others, from scripture to statesmen. Each one is checked against its original source, so you know who really said it before you use it.
A line that sums up Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, but it has not been found in anything he wrote or said. Martin Luther King Jr. used a close version in 1958, and the 1982 film Gandhi made it famous.
See who really said it →Even while being executed, Jesus asks God to forgive the people responsible, because they do not understand what they are doing.
Read the full explanation →Paul describes the kind of love that should hold a community together: patient, kind, humble and enduring. It was written to a quarreling church, not a couple.
Read the full explanation →Treat even people who hate you with goodwill, wish them well and pray for them, just as God sends sunshine and rain on good and bad people alike.
Read the full explanation →Everyone makes mistakes; forgiving them is what lifts us toward the divine. Pope wrote it to urge critics to be generous to struggling writers.
Read the full explanation →Spoken weeks before the Civil War ended and six weeks before Lincoln was killed. He asked the winning side to heal the nation without revenge.
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