“They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.” HeartMayLongHas BeensRealOrderChristPrayerImagineLong TimeForgivenessForgivingCharityBlowWoundsInsultInjury Book:The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri Source: The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri
“We cannot with all our heart forgive someone who does us wrong unless we possess real knowledge. For this knowledge shows us that we deserve all we experience.” HeartDoeRealShowsForgivenessDeserveForgivingReal Knowledge Author:Marcus Eremita
“Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.” IfsRealPastFreedomCreativityCreativeForgivenessTake MeTerritoryMy PastReactingProactiveReal FreedomNew Territory Author:Kenny Loggins
“Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.” LoveInspirationalRealPeaceGoalKeysForgivenessEnlightenmentAuthenticityIntimacyEnlightenedLife AlteringEnlightenment And Love Author:Marianne Williamson
“Do you think that every time you make a mistake, He is mad at you and won't talk to you...or that you must somehow make up for it?...Many Christians fail to experience real peace because they don't understand that they are righteous in Christ. Until people stop living according to the way they feel and stand on who they are in Christ, they will never find true happiness.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsRealChristianChristMistakeFailingForgivenessMadRighteousTrue Happiness Author:Joyce Meyer
“Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future.” WorldRealSpiritualActivityForgivenessReal WorldWorldlyReconciliationEtherealRealpolitik Author:Desmond Tutu
“Maybe He'll get what he deserves. Maybe Not. Maybe I'll never find it in my heart to forgive him. And maybe there's nothing wrong with that,either. All those maybes swimming around my head make me think that "maybe" could just be another word for hope.” RealPainForgivenessTrue To Life Book:The Way I Used to Be Source: The Way I Used to Be