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

Robert Downey, Jr.

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" As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again. "

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

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" It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. "

" When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier. "

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" To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission. "

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" I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb. "

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" I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. "

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" To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get. "

" Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. "

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" 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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" You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. "

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" I don't want to be so confident in myself. "

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" Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. "

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" Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. "

" There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit. "

" Forgiveness is the final form of love. "

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" When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. "

" Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. "

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" Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right. "

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" 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. "

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" He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. "

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" If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption. "

" The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. "

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