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" It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. "

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" Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy. "

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" One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. "

" Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. "

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" Forgiveness isn't just a blessing you deliver to another human being. Forgiveness is also a gift you give yourself. "

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

" My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did. "

" Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. "

" Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you. "

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" All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. "

" I believe the Scriptures teach that there's a literal heaven and a literal hell, just like Jesus said. And without forgiveness of sins that, yeah, the place of punishment is called hell. "

" I cannot stand that whole game of confession, that is: Here I have sinned, now I'm confessing my sins, and describing my path of sin and then in the act of confession I beg for your forgiveness and redemption. "

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" The remedy for life's broken pieces is not classes, workshops or books. Don't try to heal the broken pieces. Just forgive. "

" To err is human; to forgive, divine. "

" The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. "

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" The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It's also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth. "

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" As a practicing Catholic all my life, my faith and the church are never far from my mind. The lessons I learned in the church have structured the way I've approached my life and my career. They were lessons of grace, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion. "

" We cannot go alone to God. We belong to His Mystical Body, the Church; by even our most secret sins, if they be grievous, we have injured the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ and must ask forgiveness of His Mystical Body, too. "

" Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven. "

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" Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. "

" I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?' "

" The Queen has well-informed opinions of many of her bishops and likes those who are straightforward and intelligent. Both she and Prince Philip believe Christianity is as much about forgiveness as morality. "

" I clearly have done things that were wrong. I've clearly had to seek God's forgiveness. "

" God will forgive me. It's his job. "

" Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple, to achieve forgiveness and ultimately merit the Temple's rebuilding? "

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" We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges. "

" We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. "

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" Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life. "

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