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" To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. "

Lewis B. Smedes

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" Some people still make promises and keep those they make. When they do, they help make life around them more stably human. "

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" He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven. "

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