Quotes from the great spiritual texts of the world on forgiveness







Forgiveness Quotes
(from the writings of Jampolsky and Cirincione)

Forgiveness means no longer living in the fearful past.

When each of us makes forgiving as natural and as important as breathing and eating, both our inner and outer worlds will be healed, and there will only be Oneness.

To forgive is the prescription for happiness.

To not forgive is the prescription to suffer. Forgiveness is the most powerful healer of all.

The happiest marriages are built on the foundation of forgiveness.

What we need to forgive in others may be something in ourselves that we have hidden from our awareness.

Forgiveness results in our seeing the Light in everyone regardless of their behavior.

To forgive does not mean agreeing with the act or condoning an outrageous behavior.

Forgiveness means living and loving completely in the present without the shadows of the past.

Forgiveness in the deepest sense is forgiving ourselves for separating ourselves from each other and that which Created us.

Forgiveness means giving up all hopes for a better past. You either totally forgive or you do not forgive at all.

The results of forgiveness is healing the hole in your heart caused by unforgiving thoughts.

Forgiveness is not just for the other but for ourselves for the mistakes we have made and for the guilt and shame we may still be holding on to.

It is never too early to forgive, and it is never too late to forgive.

Forgiveness results in our healing the illusion that there is any separateness in the world and reminds us that there is only Oneness.

Forgiveness results in our not withholding our love from anyone.

The key word in learning to forgive is the "willingness" to forgiveHolding on to grudges and grievances and not forgiving can cause our bodies to become ill.

Our immune system can become stronger when we forgive. It becomes easier to forgive when we no longer hold on to the belief that we are victims.

When we make peace of mind our only goal, it is crossing over the bridge of forgiveness that will help us reach that goal.

Forgiveness is a continuous process and not something we do just once or twice.

Forgiveness is the shortest distance to the Divine. Not forgiving and holding on to what we believe is justified anger interferes with our experiencing joy, peace and love.

Forgiveness means forgiving our misperceptions that we have ever been abandoned or left alone.

Forgiving our misperceptions of God and our religious training and those teachers that did not seem to walk their path can set us free.

To forgive this very instant means no longer being King or Queen of the Procrastinator’s Club.

The results of forgiveness is the stopping of the recycling of anger within ourselves and in the world. Peace will come to the world when each of us takes the responsibility of forgiving everyone, including ourselves, completely.

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