Quotes About Healing

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

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

My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury

This restored church stands as a symbol of peace and forgiveness.

I ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of the people of Israel.

There are murder victims' family members who go through this process thinking they'll feel peace once the revenge of the death penalty is carried out. What I've learned from meeting with these people is that you don't feel better in revenge. You feel better in forgiveness.

It's an appropriate thing to recognize. I guess the words I would use [are] remembrance and reconciliation. Reconciliation is a tenet of all the faiths and it brings people together and allows for forgiveness. You can't have reconciliation without remembrance.

The play's about forgiveness,

The sheer number of things making us feel remorseful is so great that if we don't seek forgiveness, we could end up psychologically disabled. So people go around asking to be forgiven just so that they don't continue to go on suffering. But often its too facile.

You've asked for forgiveness. This letter is to inform you that, on the heels of a statement by my dear friend, Congressman John Lewis, a man I admire and respect as much as any living American, I do forgive you.

I understand that forgiveness does not come cheaply. It's something that comes from the heart. And I can just ask the people that were involved directly and indirectly, and were affected by this case, to consider forgiving me.

For this crime we should beg the souls of the dead and their families for forgiveness,

This movie is about forgiveness,

Proclaim forgiveness and reconciliation, which are the only way to achieve stable harmony.

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.

Forgiveness is not for the other person, forgiveness is for you.

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

If I could bring him back, I would. I'm so sorry. I just ask forgiveness for my son. That's all I can say is I'm sorry this has happened.

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.

Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling victimized and martyred. Rather it is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.