“There are some who say that you should forgive everyone, even the people who have disappointed you immeasurably. There are others who say you should not forgive anyone, and should stomp off in a huff no matter how many times they apologize. Of these two philosophies, the second one is of course much…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“You don't have to make up with me. We don't have to understand each other. Things are fine the way they are.”— Gennifer Hutchison, Chuck McGill, Michael McKean, imdb.com
“Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.”— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Donald Cooperman, William Hurt, imdb.com
“Have you asked for forgiveness? There is freedom in unburdening yourself.”— Jonathan Lisco, David Michod, imdb.com
“I’ve never felt sorry for anything I’ve done. Other than hurting my family. I do want my family to forgive me.”— Richard Kuklinski, youtube.com
“I don’t need anyone and nobody needs me. That was the unspoken lesson I learned from my mother growing up.”— Franki Elliot, vice.com
“The community of the saints is not an ‘ideal’ community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. No, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely proclaiming God's forgiveness....Sancti…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“Why is it that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than to a brother? God is holy and sinless, He is a just judge of evil and the enemy of all disobedience. But a brother is sinful as we are. He knows from his own experience the dark night of secret sin. Why should we not find it ea…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon us as sinners. If we could answer it then we would not be sinners. We could make something else responsible….The theological question does not arise about the orig…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“The most experienced psychologist or observer of human nature knows infinitely less of the human heart than the simplest Christian who lives beneath the Cross of Jesus. The greatest psychological insight, ability, and experience cannot grasp this one thing: what sin is. Worldly wisdom knows what dis…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you were.”— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, amazon.com
“Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.”— George Foreman, npr.org