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" As our nation's student debt crisis has reached a breaking point, we've been hearing lots of talk about student loan forgiveness. It's taken me 20 years to forgive myself for my loan - and just as long to pay it off. "

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" The themes in 'Violet' are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that. "

Joshua Henry

Freedom

Moving

Forgiveness

" Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions. "

" A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Forgiveness

Need

" Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. "

" Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts. "

" You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth. "

" For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? "

" Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. "

" Apparently, blaming oneself for debilitating student debt is common. "

" Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.' "

" How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. "

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

You

Angry

Sorry

" To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing. "

Sylvia Fraser

Cornerstone

Forgiveness

" It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words 'I'm sorry'; it is also offering what you need to do. "

" I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself. "

" Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions. "

Gerald Jampolsky

Peace

Practice

" Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. "

" The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. "

" In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness. "

" We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness. "

" My advice to anyone with writerly ambitions and a demanding day job is to set aside a little piece of time, even an hour a week if that's all you can manage, and make it yours. This is your writing hour. Even if you use it up by staring at a blank screen and daydreaming, so what? "

" I like clothes. I like fashion, particularly men's fashion. Both my father and my grandmother on my mother's side were tailors, so I think it's in my blood. "

" A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. "

" Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. "

" Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons. "

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Seasons

Trouble

Forgiveness

" Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that. "

" Amnesty is the forgiveness of something. Amnesty is anything that says, 'Do it illegally, it will be cheaper and easier.' "

" To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. "

" Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. "

" We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins. "

" I could see that it was God's forgiveness and His mercy that I needed, and that was provided through Christ on the Cross for those who will receive Him as Lord and Savior. That is how I came to Christ. "