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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

“At the happy ending of the Tempest, Prospero brings the kind back togeter with his son, and finds Miranda's true love and punishes the bad duke and frees Ariel and becomes a duke himself again. Everyone - except Caliban - is happy, and everyone is forgiven, and everyone is fine, and they all sail away on calm seas. Happy endings. That's how it is in Shakespeare. But Shakespeare was wrong. Sometimes there isn't a Prospero to make everything fine again. And sometimes the quality of mercy is strained.”

Kind Sometimes Quality Sea Son Fine Mercy Calm Sail Forgiven Happy Endings Tempest Dukes Ariel Miranda Caliban Calm Seas Prospero

Author:Gary D.

“The reason to forgive ourselves is not because we feel like it or because we want to see ourselves as blameless but because we limit what we can receive from God when we hold on to our past. He wants to do so much more than we could ever imagine. Forgiving yourself starts with believing in God's incredible love for you and accepting His amazing grace and mercy. If God Almighty can forgive us who are we to hold on to what He has not only forgiven but forgotten”

Source: When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back

“The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the truth be told: There is no virtue anywhere. Life is sly and unscrupulous, a blackguard, wolfish, severe. In service to itself, it will commit any offense. So, too, is Death possessed of infinite strategies and a gaunt nature- but also mercy, also grace and tenderness. In his own country, Death can be kind.”

Kind Country Life Is Virtue Grace Truth Is Mercy Infinite Strategy Assuming Commit Wicked Be Kind Possessed Virtuous Tenderness Offense Severe Forgiven Pupils Sly Truth Be Told

Book:Deathless

Source: Deathless

“Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.”

Heart Earth Heaven Memories Sin Forever Sweet Conflict Mercy Bitter Vain Gates Bitterness Forgiven Endeavour Gates Of Heaven Minstrels

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

“God's mercy to us is the motivation for showing mercy to others. Remember, you will never be asked to forgive someone else more than God has forgiven you.”

Remember Motivation Mercy Forgiving Forgiven Remember You Remembers You

Author:Rick Warren

“Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.”

Giving Persons Two Mercy Catholic Forgiving Forgiven

Author:Saint Augustine

“Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.”

Church Mercy Forgiven

Author:Pope Francis

“What a mistake those who do not hope make! Judas made a huge blunder the day in which he sold Christ for 30 denarii, but he made an even bigger one when he thought that his sin was too great to be forgiven. No sin is too big: any wretchedness, however great, can always be enclosed in infinite mercy.”

Made Bigs Christ Sin Mistake Huge Mercy Bigger Infinite Forgiven Blunders Judas Wretchedness

Author:Pope John Paul I

“To me, many of what seemed to be Bible contradictions only pointed to the grace of Christ. It is not so much a rule book on how to be holy as it is a prophecy of the One who can make you holy. In this, I see God as the least bigoted of all in existence: While men always, in their hearts, delight in vengeance for being wronged, God is the only Being who wants to free you from the penalty of His own laws.”

Source: Healology