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“Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended, and to him that refuses to practise it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain.”

Source: Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc

“My uncomfortable duty as a Christian is to confess the truth, so lethal to our self-centered human nature: 'Jesus, who suffered your sin unto his own death, calls you likewise to forgive, so that God's purposes may be accomplished in both you and your offender.”

Humans May Self Christian Purpose Jesus Sin Human Nature Duty Forgiveness Forgiving Uncomfortable Accomplished Self Centered Offenders

Author:Gordon Dalbey

“Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.”

Needs Firsts Duty Forgiveness Forgiving

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.”

Men Character Form Father Judging Duty Forgiving Gentle Characteristics Avenging

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“The friend who holds up before me the mirror, conceals not my smallest faults, warns me kindly, reproves me affectionately, when I have not performed my duty, he is my friend, however little he may appear so. But if a man praises and lauds me, never reproves me, overlooks my faults, and forgives them before I have repented, he is my enemy, however much he may appear my friend.”

Ifs Men May Littles Enemy Duty My Friends Praise Mirrors Forgiving Faults Smallest

Author:Johann Gottfried Herder

“Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.”

Men Mean Christian Suffering Christ Sin Share Duty Bears Forgiving

Book:The Cost of Discipleship

Source: The Cost of Discipleship

“Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?”

Source: A Practical View of Preferred Christians